analyn
My blogs
| Introduction | There are times when I feel more like myself than others. At these times I’m usually doing something I enjoy. Swimming, training harder than I thought possible. Jumping on the trampoline with my little brother. Running through a field of grass, trying to get open for the soccer ball. Cutting up apples, making apple crisp for the food shelter. Planting seeds and pulling weeds. Cradling a barely born baby in my arms. Laughing with my family. Teaching my students and learning with them. Feeling the peace of the Spirit. I am me at these times. Other times can fill me with doubt and fear. I feel off kilter at these times—not quite myself. At least, I’m not the self I know I can be. So I remember the things that help me be my best self: family, scriptures, prayers, and more. Peace lends itself to me with these things. I am Analyn. Climbing to the mountaintop, smelling the mahogany trees. Sending notes and hoping the receiver will smile. I am Analyn and I’m searching for peace. |
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| Favorite movies | A River Runs Through It, A Room with a View, Amelie, Dead Poets Society, Everything Is Illuminated, Life Is Beautiful, and more |
| Favorite music | Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Guster, Neil Young, Pete Yorn, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, plus more |
| Favorite books | The Chosen, Cry, the Beloved Country, Into the Wild, To Kill a Mockingbird, Le Petit Prince, My Antonia, The Road, and more |