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It's Not All Your Brain's Fault
I don't abide by everything in my psychology course, but here's a fun fact (at least as I understand it): between ages 15 and 25, the...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read


And Bob's Your Uncle
I do not have a spontaneous bone in my body. I mean that in the most literal sense. I am not impulsive. I hate making decisions and...
nikiflorica
Nov 12, 20202 min read


Wait for It, Wait for It . . .
"Waiting" carries so many connotations—tension, expectation, worry, time, patience, impatience, hope, fear—but if we're being completely...
nikiflorica
May 26, 20202 min read


Off the Safe Path
I've been thinking a lot about courage. It's not something I have in abundance, and in truth, it's not a trait that I often think to...
nikiflorica
Apr 20, 20202 min read


Oh, the Lessons I'm Learning . . .
Writing The Heir of Ariad was a lesson in patience, awaiting God's inspiration in the steady, perfect doses that always came according to...
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Feb 5, 20202 min read


Puddleglum
There are days when there is absolutely no mistaking it: I am under spiritual attack. Doubts swirling, fears roiling, Satan whispering...
nikiflorica
Oct 10, 20192 min read
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