I’m not sure if ‘about pages’ unnerve me because I don’t think there’s enough to write to fill a decent-sized paragraph, or because I think there’s too much to adequately fit into words. but I’ll give it a rousing try nonetheless.
my name’s kaylen. I haven’t done but a fraction of the things that I hope to have stories about when I’m old, but I’m getting there. I spent a year of my life in South Africa affirming a call to missions, a year attending college stateside, and just recently put classroom education on hold when I enlisted in the army. I leave in april of 2010.
I write to feel alive. I thrive on silence. I like people that are who they are and are unapologetic about it. love pours out of my chest, though sometimes I wish it wouldn’t. stillness satisfies me; so does the smell of night air and freshly fallen rain. I am often afraid and unsure, but still I walk with purpose. the world would crush me if I didn’t believe that God was holding it all up around me. I am often too honest for my own good, but many learn to like it. few learn to love it. finding the exact right word for the moment is a necessary evil. m-w.com is my best friend.
the military will be hard, but it’ll be an adventure that radically changes my life. I’ll fumble my way through it like I do with everything else — with grim determination, coffee in hand, God to keep me sane, and a perpetual habit of using too many words to say such small things.