2021 Word of the Year

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 4, 2021 // No Comments

To be completely honest, I felt really silly picking a word of the year this year. My word in 2019 was abundance, and that year was a crushing year of blow after blow. We started out the New Year in... Continue reading →

Be Prepared to Laugh: 2020 Goal Recap

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // December 31, 2020 // No Comments

Dear January 2020 me, I love you and want to give you a hug. I know that you have good intentions, but I just want you to know that nothing about this year will go as planned. If you knew... Continue reading →

Merry Christmas 2020

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // December 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

Merry Christmas, everyone! I know this year the holidays were very different for many of us. I just keep running through “O Holy Night” and springing with particular joy on the line “a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.”... Continue reading →

The Toys My Kids Actually Play With

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // November 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

Hey hey! I guess it’s Black Friday or something like that? Well, you all know that I just cringe inside at the idea of “needing” things and the push to buy, buy, buy for the holiday season. This year more... Continue reading →

Sweater Weather

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // November 13, 2020 // No Comments

When I first moved back to the States after spending almost my entire life in Niger, I struggled to figure out how to stay warm in the winter. It’s taken me YEARS to figure out that wrapping my entire body... Continue reading →

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