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So I went fishing with my girlfriend yesterday on Lake Sylvia, MN. Our relationship is only two months old, but it already feels very deep and meaningful.  Neither of us are looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend to just occupy a role.  We’re both looking for a life-long partner to enjoy this journey of lifeRead more

I’m sitting on a deck overlooking a Minnesota garden right now.  I’m graduating school next week and pondering the next  move I have to make in my life.  I’m kind of nervous and afraid of what may be coming next and I feel like I’m jumping off a cliff into the unknown. I’m just oneRead more

          I’ve disappeared from real life, and I’m hidden in a cabin in Northwestern Minnesota right now.  No, I’m not evading people I owe money to, or women whom claim I’m a crook for selling them a dream.  I’m here because I have a ton of writing work to do – butRead more

This story proves three powerful steps work when making new friends. It is about how I met one of my best friends, and how this website came to be.  Here are the steps I recommend: Be honest.  Be vulnerable.  If they don’t like you after you do those two steps, you weren’t meant to be friends, andRead more

            Check out our new website!  I love our new home!  We’ve moved to https://purposepages.com/             Here is the account of the most amazing prayer stories you will ever hear.  It’s about how we moved into this new website home. After you hear this, you will see that God is supporting us.Read more

My alarm went off at 6:30 AM last Friday.  I looked around my room remembering it was a big day and orientated myself to my memories.  The ordinary room looked like this. The day would end with me many miles from home looking like this: This is a great example that a single day canRead more

          Last night I sat in this library and looked around.  Books were everywhere.  The height of the racks felt like skyscrapers and rows felt like I was in a city built on information, and there was so much to pick up and learn.  I felt so small compared to this metropolis-sizedRead more

    Last night I laid in bed and couldn’t sleep.  I felt waves of depression creeping over me like a snake.  I think we all have nights like this.  I’m always pushing myself to make the right decisions, holding myself accountable to reach such a high standard, but sometimes reality catches up to me andRead more

            I think we sometimes forget how awesome our education system is this country.              Sometimes we forget how brilliant it is supposed to make us.  But really it doesn’t make all of us that brilliant.  It’s just a norm.             But there is a better way.  Let’s create aRead more

            I live in Minnesota and spring weather brings flashes of warm and cold weather.  Perfect example:  It was beautiful earlier, and now it’s snowing as I write this.  The instability also inspires a lot of interesting, unusual storms of thought to develop in my mind.              This morning, I looked outsideRead more