Blessings Blog

Today I'm thankful to have emails fly into my inbox from friends in China and Nicaragua to maintain relationships and nerd out in Spanish and my increasingly disappearing Mandarin. I'm thankful for Carleton friend Skype dates and "Carleton wouldn't be the same without you!" I'm thankful for "St. Luke junkies" that let me pop into Latin America focus group meetings when I am in town and who really know how to build me up. And I'm thankful for my papa's knowledge and patience to sit through my finance-dumb questions to better understand how to manage my funds and work on that whole financial independence concept that I should probably work on as a young adult. I am truly fortunate to have supportive parents both in terms of providing a free bed and free food as a home base for just a little while longer, and also of helping me be a better steward of my moneys so I can sustain myself and others.