1. 2 Months Left We now have less than 60 days in Chicago. Some of you will be shocked to hear I”m drafting a post on things I love about this place and will be sad to leave behind. 2. BookSend Some friends at Harvard are launching a site called Book Send. You sign up, [...]

(and the upper class as well, but I liked the alliteration) I have only very recently come to loathe the word modesty. Previously I considered it a badge of honor, and felt proud that I was doing it “right”. I thought a little bit about my intentions, but mostly I kept my shoulders covered and [...]

A glimpse of what happens when daddy leaves his backpack in a place where the little one can dig inside for treasure.

Another note: I intended to reply to several comments on my last post, but I want to be very thoughtful in my responses and school has left me little time to devote to my blog. Again, I’m reading and considering all of them, but these posts are quite time intensive to write, edit, etc, and [...]

Yesterday I applied for BYU for the 3rd time.  The first was when I was a Senior in high school. I opened my acceptance letter in the kitchen and screamed. The second was shortly after I had recovered from the pneumonia that forced me to withdraw. I filled out another application and worked the rest [...]