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honestly, this entire year has just been constant hurt.. followed by more hurt. october is almost at an end, God, and only three words continuously come to mind – what the hell? why the hell have i felt like this for SO long? why has it been so long since i’ve just been able to […]

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those who have come to know me post-2015 probably share a similar image of me: deeply thoughtful, academically successful, bubbly, with high expectations/goals for myself. it’s absolutely absurd to think that i’m seen in that way by others. pre-2015 irene was petrified by the hard realities of life. depression consumed every aspect of life from […]

over the past year and a half, pastor don denyes from south church has spoken an overwhelming amount of wisdom into my life – lessons and questions i challenge myself with each day. several months ago, he started off a sermon by comparing christians to dorothy’s friends. according to his observations, we resemble at least […]

i’ve had SO many thoughts and SUCH little time to process. the day will come where i spam this page with a billion posts of everything i’ve been learning throughout the past several months. so many hardships i want to document, as well as many moments where i’ve been in awe of how God works. […]

today, i rejoice. i sit in this coffee shop, enjoying the smell of freshly roasted coffee beans circling my presence, humming along with the praise music flowing through my earphones, messing around with cmyk color combinations in indesign, sitting completely alone and feeling more than okay about my lack of company. and sitting here nearly […]

i studied psychology as my second major in university purely out of fascination. it’s been years since i sat through those lectures, but there are plenty of concepts that remain with me, particularly when it comes to developmental psych. for example, the wording you choose when speaking to an impressionable person can be so incredibly […]

another one has come and gone, and i am reminded of a time-old lesson: without You, i am nothing. how thankful i am that even in my broken-hearted, bitter, sorrowful season, You looked at me proudly and lovingly and chose me to do Your work at this camp. mckc 2019 has come and gone in […]