#TuesdayMorning

nikiflorica

Oct 12, 20212 min read

To Consult My Compass

Sometimes I feel like a Lost Girl. Like I took a wrong turn at the second star on the right and ended up a thousand miles from Neverland,...

nikiflorica

Sep 21, 20212 min read

A Tidbit for the Trodden Down

trodden: walked on . . . crush[ed] or flatten[ed] with the feet . . . pressed down into the ground. (Google) Who's feeling pressed down...

nikiflorica

Mar 2, 20212 min read

Life Lessons from a Rubber Band

Life threw me for a loop this week, y'all. One minute I'm rolling along, feeling reasonably in-control of my routine, and the next I'm...

nikiflorica

Jan 26, 20213 min read

The "Hammering Process:" Too Hard, Too Soft, or Just Right?

The 39 books of the Old Testament paint a picture of what C.S. Lewis calls the "hammering process—" centuries of God's hard-line training...

nikiflorica

Jul 28, 20202 min read

Never Never Forget

I don't know where it came from—ask my family, and they won't know either—but growing up has always been a terrifying concept to me....

nikiflorica

Jan 7, 20201 min read

Nana

This has been a holiday of goodbyes, and most painful of all was the unforeseen farewell to my great-grandmother, Nana, two days after...

nikiflorica

Nov 26, 20192 min read

The Perfection Problem

It's always been a tendency of mine to lapse into perfectionist habits, but the grade-pressure of senior year has hardly improved the...

nikiflorica

Nov 12, 20192 min read

"I Am Making You a Watchman."

“Now, Son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them from me.” ~Ezekiel...

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