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As It Is For Spring Flowers, So It Is For Us

Posted on March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

We look at the path we’ve traveled, and we see it littered with the detritus of our mistakes and missteps. But under all that junk? Something new is growing.

Something amazing.

Something unlike you have dared to imagine.

Something akin to a miracle.

The Easy Friend No More

Posted on March 18, 2023March 18, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying it’s hard to be my friend, but instead, I have (some would argue FINALLY) realized I matter and my heart matters. Being the easy friend often made me sad, lonely, and, quite frankly, questioning whether I really had the friendships I thought I did. You know the ones I’m talking about: the friendships that matter–that come from a place of risk and trust and vulnerability that cannot happen in a vaccuum or in isolation.

Crossing Oceans…and Sometimes Not

Posted on July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

Sometime last fall, this quote started circulating on social media, with this edit… At the time, I think I even loved and “AMEN”d the edit. I mean, i get it. Do it. Cross the oceans. Brave the journey, be the person who loves big, who crosses boundaries, who is not confined to how other people…

Can we stop with the shame game already?

Posted on August 1, 2018August 1, 2018

Have you ever really wanted to write a blog, started it a dozen times, and then not finished? Well, that is how this one has been. It’s something I want to write, but it’s been hard. Hard because there are some emotions involved. Hard because, with time and distance, it seems silly? That’s this post….

An Open Letter

Posted on January 25, 2017

To you, the person who thinks they know me, because I am a Christian and probably more conservative than you (but not as conservative as you think), I want to write about how there is more to me than what you assume to be true. I want to write about how I’m complicated and so…

heavy boots

My Boots Are Heavy Today

Posted on June 14, 2016June 14, 2016

When my friend Elizabeth is having a rough day, or when life just generally feels like it’s too much, she will say her boots feel heavy. It’s a reference from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and it makes total sense. Sometimes life feels like too much – so much, in fact, that just walking through…

When Anxiety Attacks, Part 1

Posted on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

Several years ago, we found a tick on the dog. It was gross and disgusting. Instead of having a normal, rational reaction to said parasite (shuddering, disgust, anger, any number of rational emotions), I remember what I did vividly. I sat in the middle of my living room floor and had a full-blown panic attack….

#MADMlinkup: One Small Step

Posted on August 18, 2014

It’s time for another make a difference Monday post! Today I’m super excited to tell you about an awesome event happening in Bloomington on August 30. My friend Sarah is a mother, a wife, a sister, a friend, a Christ-follower, and an advocate. She is passionate about her children, passionate about life and passionate about…

Beyond Blessed

Posted on March 17, 2014

Sometimes it’s easy to forget how blessed I really am. This weekend was a good reminder. Here are just a few of the ways I was blessed this weekend!! I’m blessed to have a job that allows flexibility so I could leave work early on Thursday and spend a little more time with Elizabeth. I’m…

Deciding to Be Me

Posted on December 4, 2013

This year I’m participating in Think Kit, a daily blogging exercise with SmallBox. My sweet friend Lindsay did this last year and is doing it again this year, and I thought I would jump in on the blogging fun. I’m a little late to the party, though 🙂 Today’s Challenge: What was the wisest decision you…

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