by Vella Karman | Mar 14, 2024 | aWkwaRd, Belonging
I don’t know how many times I’ve been ditched. I never thought to count. Is that the kind of thing I should tally on the wall in my bedroom? Probably not. My favorite is the time when a friend I met up for lunch turned around and started flirting...
by Vella Karman | Mar 6, 2024 | aWkwaRd, Belonging
I turned 19 this week. Which means I had to endure the well-meaning but awkward tradition of people singing the birthday song to me. Multiple times. My roommate sang a few bars of it that morning. My dad sang it to my voicemail. My wonderful church family at Cambridge...
by Vella Karman | Feb 28, 2024 | Belonging
Like I explained in this post last week, God is our BFF. But how do we connect with God as a friend? Just like other friends, He’s multifaceted. We can connect with each side of the trinity–Father, Son, and Spirit. Father God can be both our father and our best...
by Vella Karman | Feb 21, 2024 | Belonging
Last week, my roommate (she’s awesome btw) wrote a blog post on How to be Horribly and Desperately Alone. I absolutely love her sarcastic comedy. But no matter what the title made you think, this post isn’t sarcastic at all. You should throw your BFF away, and here’s...
by Vella Karman | Feb 14, 2024 | Belonging
Everywhere I’m hearing about the “loneliness epidemic” and how it’ll kill us. Last year the US surgeon general warned that we need to treat the serious danger of loneliness in our culture. This article explains the health dangers and three different types of...
by Vella Karman | Feb 7, 2024 | Belonging
I knew I might die in the next few minutes. Cramped in the dark, we could hear it. All four of us, sitting chest to knees in our small pantry. We could hear it coming closer. My feet pressed against my mom’s shoes across from me. My dad’s leg pressed...
by Vella Karman | Jan 31, 2024 | Belonging
I’m not sure if I had friends before Junior year of high school. Yeah, I spent time with a lot of people (except for my loner years). But what I call friendship now is a completely different thing. Have you ever seen those charts about acquaintances vs friends vs...
by Vella Karman | Jan 24, 2024 | Belonging
You don’t have to feel stuck when you’re lonely. Do you know the song Waving Through a Window from Dear Evan Hansen? “On the outside always looking in, will I ever be more than I’ve always been?” The first time I heard it, that song haunted me for weeks because...
by Vella Karman | Oct 5, 2023 | Book Reviews, Starlit Stories
Dear Reader, Perhaps you can relate to this: It is currently 10:45 at night, and I have just finished a very good book. My heart and mind are now full at the beautiful ending that was quite surprising. As I now wonder what to do with my time (rather than go to sleep,...
by Vella Karman | Aug 31, 2023 | Book Reviews, Starlit Stories
This book disappointed me. I know, I just spoiled my review and you could skip reading the rest of it now, but that’s okay. If you still want to read, here’s the full review. 😉 The blurb: What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never...
