Category: personal blog
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Early March 2026
Life update time! I am 11 days post-surgery! I had a panniculectomy and some other abdominal reconstruction/skin removal on February 20th. I don’t have any really good pics to share publicly yet but will add one below for some reference. The surgeon said things went well and they removed 17…
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15 Weeks Until Surgery
Wanted to share the highlights of my weight loss and reconstructive surgery story and to let you all know the surgery is on! In May of 2022 I started working with a weight management doctor and taking Ozempic. 3 months later he switched me to Mounjaro, and I have been…
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Beginning January 2025
Time for the obligatory New Year post! I don’t know if I write this for y’all or for myself – maybe a little of both. As I reflect on 2024, I almost feel… eh. 2023, especially the 4th quarter, was intense with skydiving and the 3-week mission trip to Africa,…
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August 2024
A whole lot of nothing… not really, but that’s what life feels like these days. I’ve sat down and wrote a few times, but nothing that has felt shareable. Nothing bad is going on, just hasn’t felt like anything newsworthy. I think that’s in part due to not writing. So……
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Holy Saturday / Late March 2024
Friday was the crucifixion, Sunday was the Resurrection. What about Saturday?
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Mid-March 2024
I’ve been home from Africa 3 months already! Sometimes it feels like yesterday, but other days it seems like a lifetime ago. I don’t know how to feel about that, a little confused, I guess. Things were just so out of the normal before, during, and right after, that looking…
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2023 Africa trip reflections
My “day job” involves a lot of number crunching, and my brain loves that kind of stuff. I say to explain what happened during one of my last flights. I was calculating how much time I had been in Africa and some of things that happened. I was gone for…
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November 2023 – safari in Uganda
I had the privilege of going on a safari at the end of my time in Uganda, right before I left for Malawi. I debated spending the time and money, but it was an amazing opportunity that may not come my way again. Benjamin, who was my driver and team…
Bragging on the Lord 