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Calli Townsend
Feb 15, 20203 min read
A lesson from my dad
I thought I’d be writing about how I ran a 2:13.9 in the 800 today. I’m serious. On the bus this morning I literally thought about the...
Calli Townsend
Feb 13, 20203 min read
A lesson from my spilled goldfish
When you spill your goldfish while walking in the hallway — twice in the matter of four steps, might I add — you know you’ve gotta slow...
Calli Townsend
Jan 28, 20204 min read
It's not a marathon, it's a season
I was thinking the other day about how we live our lives trying to fulfill our purposes and do what we think God wants from us and all...
Calli Townsend
Jan 21, 20203 min read
A lesson in theatre
So I’m taking this theatre class. And yes, apparently it is theatre…not theater. I spent the first week just learning how to spell it....
Calli Townsend
Jan 15, 20202 min read
A lesson from a loaf of bread
I stood in the bread aisle of Kroger Monday night and had this realization: The decisions I make in each these aisles affect my health --...
Calli Townsend
Sep 27, 20192 min read
Don't be useless
He started off class by saying, “Human labor that’s not used will be gone forever.” When Dr. Butters told us that in Macroeconomics on...
Calli Townsend
Aug 30, 20193 min read
New stuff, scary stuff
I’m doing a new thing, but I won’t tell you what it is yet. You’ll find out soon. The thing with new things is that newness brings...
Calli Townsend
Aug 23, 20194 min read
Patience
Patience is something I’ve always prayed for. Patience and wisdom. The two seem like honorable requests. And while patience was something...
Calli Townsend
Jul 12, 20193 min read
Noticing God
The other night Chance and I were working on my dreaded economics class. We’re passing still, so that’s a good sign. We just need to hang...
Calli Townsend
Jun 28, 20193 min read
Unfinished business
Today is a day of unfinished business. My alarm interrupted my dream and I never found out if Chance made it to the top of the...
Calli Townsend
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Lessons from my grocery store friends
Yesterday I set out with a list, a credit card, and three tasks: buy ribbon and hair ties, check out Hobby Lobby’s leather-making tools,...
Calli Townsend
Jun 17, 20195 min read
Whelmyness
I’m on a mission this summer to do a lot of different things and one of those things is to read a new book each week. So far, I’ve read...
Calli Townsend
Jun 13, 20194 min read
Thankful for the farm
We stand. We wait. We’re groggy. It’s 7 a.m., 15 minutes prior to our departure. “We’ve got Crystal this time. It’s not Mike, but at...
Calli Townsend
Jun 9, 20193 min read
Dancing in the rain
If there were ever a time to struggle with control, now is not the time. I say this because it’s been a little rainy lately, and rain,...
Calli Townsend
May 20, 20193 min read
Lessons from a tube of toothpaste
I brushed my teeth this morning and I realized that I am just like a bag of chips. I opened a new tube of toothpaste and it was half...
Calli Townsend
May 17, 20194 min read
Determined
At our high school’s baccalaureate service, each student chooses an adjective that they think describes themselves and they write it on a...
Calli Townsend
May 2, 20193 min read
Why not be excited?
"So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God." Romans 5:11...
Calli Townsend
Apr 14, 20193 min read
More than a team
Five Midwesterners, one German, one South African, and one coach who loves to talk about poop. We are the Hillsdale College women’s track...
Calli Townsend
Feb 21, 20194 min read
Snuggle in
I have an exam later this afternoon so I studied a bit this morning. To make the studying experience more enjoyable, I wrapped up in my...
Calli Townsend
Feb 12, 20194 min read
It's not about whateverness
Today I shuffled my way across Hillsdale’s frozen campus. There’s something about a slow-paced shuffle that’s almost inspirational, that...
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