by Mary B Safrit | Apr 1, 2020 | Teaching, The Creative Life
Never have I ever wanted to clean my grout more than when procrastinating work. Sitting at the 29”x29” Ikea table in my living room/kitchen, facing a deadline of my own design, I had a thought. Not one soul will notice if I don’t finish this essay. That’s when the...
by Mary B Safrit | Mar 24, 2020 | Christian Living, How-to's, Teaching
We’ve all got it to some degree–that wiggly, gnawing feeling in our guts. In the last week, I’ve noticed my own moments of upheaval and how my body is responding to them. It manifests in a frenetic energy that must be channeled or feels liable to consume me....
by Mary B Safrit | Jan 1, 2020 | Christian Living, Teaching
Change is slow. I should specify—lasting change is slow. Perhaps you know that already, or mayhaps like me it’s a reality you keep forgetting. I came into 2019 with big ideas about all I would have figured out and accomplished by the time 2020 rolled around. I was...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 20, 2019 | Christian Living, Teaching
The following is a re-post of a blog I wrote around this time last year. As we are headed into the holiday season, which can be extra tricky for singles, I thought it was worth sharing again. I’ve made a couple of minor edits for clarity and tone. Enjoy! It...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 6, 2019 | Relationships and Community, Teaching
Every couple of weeks or so, I seriously consider whether or not I know anything about relationships or human beings. Conceptually, sure I probably know some things. But every so often I am reminded of some flaw in my logic that plays itself out in my real day-to-day....
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 30, 2019 | Singleness, Teaching
I met my first and hitherto only boyfriend when I was sixteen and was almost instantly convinced that we were going to get married. Bless. Marshall (not his real name) moved to my wee hometown the summer before our junior year of high school. He asked me to be...
