HeyJaredA Continual Feast
"For the happy heart, life is a continual feast." -Proverbs 15:15
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Sewing 101 (opens the original)
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For my fifteenth birthday, I got a Janome sewing machine and made exactly one thing with it: a colorful floral sundress. I think my mom actually did most of the work. But I still remember the pattern pieces laid out on our wooden dining room table, beckoning me to create something out of nothing. I loved seeing that sundress hanging in my closet and took great pride in wearing it, thinking, I can’t believe I made this!Two decades later, the same siren song of the sewing machine began calling to
Dear Diary (vol. 1) (opens the original)
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Welcome! Dear Diary is a new series for paid subscribers where I share stream-of-consciousness-style thoughts and musings. Inspired by youthful days spent scribbling furiously in my diary with a gold lock on it. The key, of course, was “hidden” in the top drawer of my desk.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2wv6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3f9c446-
August notes (opens the original)
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I keep hearing people talking about the September Scaries and I just… cannot relate? To me, September is a backpack full of colored pencils, the first few red and orange leaves drifting to the ground, a slight coolness to the morning air. It feels like a new beginning and I love it so, so much.<div
A prayer for going back to school (opens the original)
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God of sharpened pencils and Pink Pearl erasers,Thank You for bringing us to yet another new beginning; a threshold of possibility.Be with our children as they start this school year with backpacks full of crayons and hearts full of hope.Give them eyes to see You in all that they learn, and minds to appreciate the beautiful and complex world You have created.Help them to meet kind friends and to be kind friends, too, with a heart always open towards those who might feel lonely or afraid.Comfort
The good Spirit (opens the original)
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When I entered my freshman year at UNC Chapel Hill, I vowed that things would be different. That I would be different. I would lose weight, join a sorority, get a boyfriend. Make straight A’s and go for scenic runs across campus every day. All the things I thought would make me happy and give me a sense of belonging.Did I achieve those things? Yes, eventually.Was I happy? No. Not even close. Read more
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