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**This post is part of the weekly link up over at the Faith Barista . The topic for today is, quite simply, "Jesus." One of the bloggers I read was talking about being challenged by another fellow blogger to answer one simple yet profound question: How does Jesus see you? Here's her beautiful answer to that question--you should hop over and take a look! The question immediately caught my attention, basically reaching out to grab me, shake me, and say, "I'm meant for you!" So here I am, my mind rolling over all the crazy thoughts popping up. What's easy to tell you ("easy" is used a bit loosely here!) is how I would see my if I were sitting in Jesus's seat next to the Father and looking down here. What jumps to my mind first are all the flaws: my temper overly sensitive unforgiving definitely not Susie Homemaker impatient a procrastinator never exercises untrusting ...the list could go on, but that's probably enough (I w...

So, I'm thinking it's time for another physics lesson...and this time we're going with a bit of electricity. Electricity and magnetism have never been my favorite--just ask Dr. Hemmati, my professor for that subject in undergrad!    ~Don't get me wrong; I'm definitely a big fan of all the wonderful things we have because of electricity. I'm just not a big fan of all the crazy things behind it: Maxwell's equations, Poisson's equation, Laplace's equation...the list goes on, but I won't :0) Honestly, though, I'm one of those rare physicists who would be perfectly content saying, "You flip the switch, magic happens, and the lights come on!"...which doesn't go over so well with professors. This semester, though, I'm taking Classical Electrodynamics I, my first grad school electricity course. The professor is great and has this novel idea that he should teach us things (sadly a rare thing among way too many teachers...but ...

So, apparently it's been quite a while since I wrote here. I would love to be able to say that was because I've just been so incredibly busy with school family laundry stories facebook... oops! How did that one slip in there? The truth is, though, I've been silent because that's where I've found myself lately-- living in the silence . Though that's hard for me to admit, I'm plastering it our there in cyberspace for one simple reason: I know I can't be the only one. Your silence may be different from mine, but maybe there's still something in my story that can speak to where you are... or remind you of where you've been... or help you with somewhere you're going to find yourself. So, here goes... Lately, I've felt lost. My one word for 2013 is "follow ," but I've come to a bit of a hard spot: How do you follow when you've lost sight of the One leading you? See, I'm in one of those silent spots r...