nikifloricaOct 12, 20212 minTo Consult My CompassSometimes I feel like a Lost Girl. Like I took a wrong turn at the second star on the right and ended up a thousand miles from Neverland,...
nikifloricaSep 21, 20212 minA Tidbit for the Trodden Downtrodden: walked on . . . crush[ed] or flatten[ed] with the feet . . . pressed down into the ground. (Google) Who's feeling pressed down...
nikifloricaMar 2, 20212 minLife Lessons from a Rubber BandLife threw me for a loop this week, y'all. One minute I'm rolling along, feeling reasonably in-control of my routine, and the next I'm...
nikifloricaJan 26, 20213 minThe "Hammering Process:" Too Hard, Too Soft, or Just Right?The 39 books of the Old Testament paint a picture of what C.S. Lewis calls the "hammering process—" centuries of God's hard-line training...
nikifloricaJul 28, 20202 minNever Never ForgetI don't know where it came from—ask my family, and they won't know either—but growing up has always been a terrifying concept to me....
nikifloricaJan 7, 20201 minNanaThis has been a holiday of goodbyes, and most painful of all was the unforeseen farewell to my great-grandmother, Nana, two days after...
nikifloricaNov 26, 20192 minThe Perfection ProblemIt's always been a tendency of mine to lapse into perfectionist habits, but the grade-pressure of senior year has hardly improved the...
nikifloricaNov 12, 20192 min"I Am Making You a Watchman."“Now, Son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them from me.” ~Ezekiel...