Airport Romantic

I have a bad habitof falling for someone who is imminentlygetting on an airplaneand flying away. My dream is that one dayone of those someoneswill get on a plane towards meor get off a planeand stay.

Season Finale

My love lifeis a bit like a K-dramawhere every season endswith someone leaving on an airplane. All I wantis to find someone who’s willing to stayand gives me a reasonto stay, too. At least, that’s what I thought I wanted.But what ifI find someone who says,“Let’s pack our bags and leave together…”

Application For Romance

…of COURSE it’s an April Fool’s joke. But I did make an actual application form. And I’m sharing it here because: It’s entertaining! Responses so far have been hilarious – including one from an exotic camel! What else have we all got to do?!? So don’t be shy. Give it a go, share it with […]

Sometimes It’s Okay Not To ‘Get Over It’

“But what if the greatest secret insider trading truth is that you don’t ever get over the biggest losses in your life?” -Anne Lamott The scary thing about books is that sometimes the characters jump clean out of the pages and into your life. This is what happened the other day when I was innocently […]

Epilogue

if i’m not the love of your life i’ll be the greatest loss instead -rupi kaur Last week, I got divorced. There, I said it. The D-word. How do I feel? It’s like a birthday without the cake and balloons… you don’t feel instantly different.

Side Effects Of Anthropology May Include Marriage

There is something in my bag that would make this whole situation a lot better. But from the front row, I’ll have to be pretty covert about it if I don’t want the professor to catch on. I have a “good student” reputation to defend, after all, and I can’t ruin that in my first […]

When We Share Our Stories… (A New Year’s Post)

I will not miss 2013. It was a long year, a challenging year, a busy year, and at times a depressing year. At some point, without me noticing, my perspective changed from “Every day is a magical adventure in Japan, challenges are fun!” to “What am I doing wasting my life in this dark and […]

The Gospel of… Hate?

When is the church going to figure out that when it broadcasts messages of hate, nobody wins? Not God, not Christians, and certainly not anyone else. For some reason, though, every time a morally-charged news story breaks, I find myself bracing for the hate-filled response from some embarrassing corner of Christianity. When the DOMA story […]