Flirty and Thirty

  A lot of great things happened today. The sun was shining and I drove with Lucy’s windows down, I got my hair done by Magic Melanie the Beauty Sensei, and I went to an incredible movie screening with my dear friend, Winter. As if those weren’t enough, some other happy things from today included [.

  “How do you feel about being surrounded by all of these Baptists?” my new friend, Reed, asked me as we set up the white plastic tables early Sunday morning. The line snaked in front of us as more and more hungry people queued in the frigid temperatures, waiting for some warm food. “I love [...]

. Around 8:00 AM each Sunday, the Calvary Baptist Church Ministry hosts an event called “Fill the Pots” where members of the congregation and community bring home cooked food to Pioneer Park (300 S 300 W, Salt Lake City) to distribute to the homeless. Anything from breakfast foods like oatmeal, eggs

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  Meet Mark Moreno. He and his wife are service missionaries for a congregation of Latin members of the LDS church. Most of the people he works with couldn’t afford to have Christmas this year. In his estimate, only about three families in the entire congregation were okay financially. Many, althoug

I haven’t written in a while. Here’s what has been keeping me busy:                         ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Thanks so much again to everyone who came and supported me in this! You guys are awesome.    

                                                    ……………………   I tricked a few people into thinking I was pregnant when I sent out invitations to my “baby shower”, and that was pretty funny to me. Come [...]

. One of my favorite authors, Paulo Coehlo, is credited with having said, “Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back