Trusting in Christ one day at a time.
Recuerdo bien que desde niña pasaba mis vacaciones del verano acostada en mi cama con mi mirada bien fijado en el libro que más recién había descubierto en la biblioteca. Mis papás siempre se quejaron de que pasaba todo mi tiempo sola y encerrada en mi cuarto. Pero lo que no sabían es que lejos […]
As a child I often spent my summer vacations sprawled out on my bed with my face buried in my most recent discovery from the local library. My parents would regularly complain that I spent all of my time alone in my room cooped up and hidden away from the outside world. But what they […]
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.” ~Psalm 42:11 Today has been a hard day. I have been tempted to speak. Have written, erased, and rewritten responses to posts on social media. […]
It was a warm spring afternoon as I walked through campus on the way to my afternoon lecture: Linguistics 101. At the time I was on the fast track to becoming a marine biologist. But my love for language led me to enroll in the course just for fun. (Spoiler: I later changed my major […]
When I first began learning Spanish in 9th grade there was a song that my teacher played for us. It was the first Christian song I learned in Spanish. It wasn’t my usual style of music but the words stuck in my head. When I went off to college, I would find myself wandering around […]
I’ve seen racism. I saw it the first time I liked a brown boy. My momma told me I would never be able to date him and our pastor stood in front of the entire southern baptist congregation to say that marrying from another culture was sinful. I saw it when my family refused to let an […]
Being home all day long gives one a lot more time to think. And more time to spend on social media and other informative websites. As stay-at-home orders continue the flow of information about coronavirus, conspiracy theories, and politics shows no sign of ceasing. I will not be addressing any conspiracies or political stances in […]
