December 2008
7 posts
Scientists baffled by mysterious acorn shortage →
Save the squirrels! Feed them please! :D
365 days.
Ignorance
366 days ago, I was lost. Confused by silly thoughts. Dazed by the doubts. Inundated by the questions. Focused on the minor details. Blind to the bigger, grander picture of who You are. I was under the impression that before I could accept You into my life, I needed to believe this, this, this, this, and that. But that is not what You have asked of me. You offered me the gift of...
Weird dream.
So on Sunday night, Derek and I ended up pulling yet another all-nighter to finish the FINAL essay-exam for our online literature class. This would probably be the fifth all-nighter this semester, followed by a painfully long and unproductive work day. Boo on you, Post Civil War American Literature. Boo.
But I digress. Anyways, last night I must have K.O.ed hardcore, because I remember praying...
Empathy Pains
Last week, as so many UT students rushed home to be with their families for Thanksgiving Break, two fellow Longhorns and former Vikings never made it back. I was shocked to hear that on their way back to Sugar Land, James Shen and Amy Lin were involved in a serious car accident. James passed away at the scene, and Amy was taken to the ICU in Brackenridge. This weekend, I was stunned once again by...
When deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. Forgiveness...
– Mary Karen Read
Mary’s final journal entry, prior to being killed in the Virginia Tech Shooting.