“Christin has a song for everything” is a phrase I’ve heard over and over, my entire life. I am, unashamedly, a nut who WILL break into song at any given moment. Consider yourself forewarned. I’ve very literally curated a soundtrack for my life. A certain song can come on the radio, or pop up in…
With a Little Help From my Friends…
What would you think if I sang out of tune Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song And I'll try not to sing out of key To say that this past week has been difficult would be a bit of an understatement. For…
The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves…Except When He Doesn’t…And They Can’t…
I’m not great at asking for help. It's a place I hate to find myself. Needing help and needing to ask for it, and feeling so much shame and embarrassment about it that I just don't, and when i finally do, finding myself feeling like I'm a shitty excuse for a human being for not…
Bring it to You…
It's no secret that I love being in the UUCV Choir. And it's no secret that songs get stuck in my head. Happens all the time.....but sometimes, songs get stuck there for a reason. I haven't been able to get our latest choir piece [we'll be singing it this Sunday in church if anyone is…
Of “Crash Helmets” and “Trigger Warnings”
*I feel like today's post needs a disclaimer. Yes, it's long. Yes, it's very, very personal. No, it doesn't come to any neatly packaged conclusions. It's been a very, very rough day today, and I'm still working through it. But my hope is that someone else might stumble across this in the future and find…
Rite of Passage
Life is full of moments. Most pass by with little thought given to them, but others – other moments are burned into our minds as snapshots of time we can never forget. We hold them up as Defining Moments in our lives – moments we can point to and say, “there. Then. That’s when I…
The Bravery of Returning
ll: Return again/ return again/ return to the home of your soul :ll ll: Return to who you are/return to what you are/ return to where you are born and reborn again :ll Return again. We sang this in church the week before this past Sunday, and I can’t seem to get it out of…
[not]Broken
“You are not broken! Nothing about you is broken. There are lessons to learn so you can become the best version of yourself possible, but YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. There is nothing to fix.” I nearly choked on my crepe. Thank heavens the restaurant was closing soon, and there was hardly anyone around, because tears…
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