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I love trees. I crave being around them. It soothes my soul. I love hearing the wind playing in the leaves and seeing how the sunbeams get filtered through the branches in different patterns depending on the weather and the season. It’s comforting and calming to me. And up-lifting. Like a fresh breath of air to my soul, not just ...

I have a unique gift of not remembering lyrics to songs. It’s quite astounding. I cannot even remember my own songs that I have written, but I always need cheat sheets (which is very hard to say for a Swedish person by the way – cheat sheet, cheat sheet, cheat sheet). I do remember certain phrases though and then I ...

As a dog person I’ve somewhat learned to “speak dog”. At least I can read my own dogs pretty well and tell when they’re uncomfortable or they’re getting ready to react to something (suspicious objects like umbrellas, strollers or a man in a baseball hat, or a leaf rustling in the wind). Cats are a different story. I do not ...

Lately I’ve been asking God questions during my prayer time. Questions like: what nicknames do you have for me? When I was a little girl everybody called me “Lillan” which means “little one” in Swedish, since I was the youngest of 3 siblings. When I reached a certain age, five or six years old, I did NOT want to be ...

In our digital culture the beauty standards our generation is bombarded with daily are almost unattainable since they’re not real. Eating disorders, identity confusion and self harming run rampant among our youth. It’s a silent – yet loud – cry of despair. I believe that we as human beings have a God given longing for beauty and glory. It’s really ...

Time is running out. Or is it? I heard once that in Africa, they don’t see time as we do here in the western, industrialized world. In Africa they see time, not as going or leaving us, but as coming towards us. I thought this was very interesting and it seems like a healthier view. It can be frustrating for ...