Saint Hewett

Today's post comes to you in disjointed stories as I stitch together the lessons I'm learning and the lies I'm rooting out of my life. Please bear with me in...

Praise the Lord, I have documentation from my insurance advocate that they will cover reimbursement and ongoing payments for my catheters under this current ...

It's overcast and rainy here in Kandern; it has been for several days. The forecast predicts more weather like this and a thunderstorm soon. I wrote a youth ...

I cut my hair off on Monday. Like, a lot of it. I chopped nearly a foot off in a braid, and my housemate took clippers to the rest. After skyping an alumni w...

Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about suicide based on a vid...

"How are you today?" one of my AP seniors asked when he came into the room Wednesday. "Honestly, not great," I told him since I'd already confessed to a diff...

I had a rough week. It feels like a month has passed since this morning and a year since last Sunday. I'm allowed to say that because I have an incredible su...

That verse I borrowed for my title last week reads in its entirety, "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." There's often a stark juxta...

When I was 12, my morning routine involved getting dressed upstairs before coming down to eat some snack or breakfast while my mom was occasionally watching ...

“We need your parent’s phone number.” “But they are in America, and it’s really early.” “Yes, but this is a big deal, and we need to let them know.” “But the...