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The Story of Rose (A True Story)
Rose sat in the newly-packed dirt surrounded by green foliage. Her bright pink petals, imbued with shades of red, caught the light from the rising sun. She lifted up her head and felt the sun’s rays begin to warm the dewdrops that had settled in between the folds of her petals. A breeze gently shook Rose and the dewdrops slid down her petals and onto the ground. A small group of walking trees, with flailing limbs, high-pitched voices, and stringy petals and leaves, rumbled over the big, rough stone that bordered her garden to the west and climbed into the moving gray rock, a process Rose observed each time the…
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Surrounded by Friendship, Music, and Love
This is part two of a two-part story. You can read part one here. *** Swimming has always been one of my favorite things to do. I’m not competitive (unless I’m playing euchre with my dad), so I never swam on a team, but I enjoy floating around whatever lake is close by. The water feels so cool and delicious as I dive down underneath the surface. For a few moments the world is calm, even if the waves are big up above me. I’m immersed in a hidden place, like a lost city or a quiet cave. Nobody can find me in this ghost town beneath the waves. At…
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A Hush Fell Over the Auditorium
I joined a choir this summer! In this post, I talk about what being part of a choir has meant to me in the past, and what it means to me now. Here's the story.
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Intuitive Eating, Intuitive Living, and My God-given Limitations
As I’ve written about here at Teacher by Nature before, overeating is a struggle for me. What I’ve found the most challenging about getting my eating habits under control and honoring to God is the fact that I cannot stop eating. Those who find themselves enslaved to alcohol can simply (yet not easily) stop drinking alcohol. Alcohol is not necessary to human survival. Food, however, is. I cannot stop eating or, more specifically, I cannot stop consuming calories and nutrients. Both are good and necessary for life and the proper functioning of my body. I grew up in a very health-conscious family. My parents taught me the difference between nutritious…
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Website Updates, Music, and More
As you may have noticed the last couple weeks, I’ve been working on updating my website! I hope the changes make my website easier to use and any specific content you’re looking for easier to find. It’s always fun to have some new pictures, too. Here’s a quick look at what’s new here at Teacher by Nature. Tags & Categories. I once read that Categories on a website are like the Table of Contents of a book, while Tags are like the index. I try to adhere to this distinction as much as I can, although it can be challenging sometimes. They’re easy to get mixed-up, especially when so many…