by Mary B Safrit | Nov 16, 2022 | Mental Health, Singleness
It’s that time of year. Things are ramping up as we barrel towards the end of 2022. The holidays, with all they entail, are upon us. As joyous as it can be, those of us who are single might be prone to feeling a certain kind of way. The family centricity of our...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health
If you’re new to these parts, you should know that I love talking about calling and direction. What is a calling? According to the googs, it’s, “a strong urge toward a particular way of life or career; a vocation.” In the spiritual context, we would typically think of...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 22, 2022 | Relationships and Community
It was a Wednesday afternoon when I noticed the unread email pop up. The subject line read “Notification of Potential COVID Exposure.” I clicked on the email and read that someone who was sitting near me at an event had tested positive. I don’t think I would have...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 8, 2022 | Mental Health
I took exactly one creative writing class when I was in school. At the time, I was noodling in the world of music composition and songwriting. It seemed like a good idea to learn some things about writing words. That was how I wound up in Creative Writing my sophomore...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 1, 2022 | Mental Health
We were beginning to realize that the trail we were following was not, in fact, a trail. It was a trail in the sense that there was a worn divet of dirt cutting through the brush and fallen leaves. Was it an official trail leading to some sort of summit? As I stepped...
