Lenten Losses

Hey, friends! I hope you’re finding ways to be okay in the midst of everything that’s happening, that you’re giving yourself permission to feel all of your feelings and discovering how to love and connect in a world of distance. Four years ago when I was a senior in high school, I decided that I…

Of Bread and Dust

Happy Wednesday, friends! Happy Ash Wednesday if that’s something you’re into this year; Happy Normal Wednesday, if not. I hope the world’s been extra kind to you lately. I woke up early this morning and walked to the chapel to mark my forehead with ashes, to hear the words “Shannon, you are dust and to…

A Love Letter (& a Goodbye) to the Sport (& the Boys) that Changed My Life

When I was in seventh grade, I started working for the football team at my school, filling up water bottles, bandaging wounds, and hanging out on the sidelines at every practice and every game. This Saturday is the Senior Day of my last football season. Football’s a gift that I got to have for much…

The Greatest of These

Hey, friends! I hope the end of your school year is going well—that somewhere among the frazzled paper-writing and last minute to-do lists, you’re finding peace, joy, and reminders of goodness. I’ve always had the most incredible friends, and this year, I became friends with another group of football boys who ended up doing so…