Pennywise, Trump, and a Small Town Girl
Folksy places have their dark side.
Laura graduated from Calvin in 2015 with a degree in art and writing. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband Josh and dog Rainy. She works as an IT support analyst and enjoys painting, rock climbing, and exploring the city.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Jan 17, 2021 | 3 comments
Folksy places have their dark side.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Dec 17, 2020 | 5 comments
After six weeks of unstructured days and minimal obligations, I no longer harbor illusions about what I might someday accomplish if I “just had more time.”
by Laura Sheppard Song | Nov 17, 2020 | 2 comments
Lithium might have been a symbol of comfort and release to these artists, but it’s not without its drawbacks.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Oct 17, 2020 | 3 comments
As the days now grow shorter and the nights darker, I try to let the metaphor of autumn give me hope instead of melancholy.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Sep 17, 2020 | 11 comments
Pull those covers all the way over to your side at night. What doesn’t kill him makes him stronger.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Aug 17, 2020 | 3 comments
If the title is in a sans-serif font with one word per line on the front cover, you know it must be good.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Jul 17, 2020 | 5 comments
The laughter flowed freely, as if the devastation of the last few days had dammed it up until it burst from us all at once.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Jun 17, 2020 | 1 comment
Roommate night has sustained us through breakups, engagements, angst, hopes, and now even a pandemic.
by Laura Sheppard Song | May 17, 2020 | 6 comments
I’d known when Josh and I started dating that I might have to leave. But staying was within our grasp, and it feels nice to know what your future is going to look like.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Apr 16, 2020 | 2 comments
Now that we’ve set a good precedent for productive work, let’s go over how to maintain good health and nutrition during your stay-at-home time.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Mar 17, 2020 | 2 comments
This time it felt different, like the distance the prayers travel to reach the Lord was shorter than usual.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Feb 17, 2020 | 6 comments
But I have to remind myself that the difficulty of others’ situations does not invalidate my own.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Jan 17, 2020 | 4 comments
I find myself erasing paragraphs from my drafts in which I apologize for writing it at all.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Dec 17, 2019 | 6 comments
When I was younger, I expected that falling in love would be a transcendental, magical experience, ushering me into that enlightenment which is achieved only on the other side of romance.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Nov 17, 2019 | 4 comments
That’s a heavy con for Madison (Pros: Government job benefits, Roommate Night with my best friends, a church that has become home, cheese).
by Laura Sheppard Song | Oct 17, 2019 | 7 comments
Love never cancels. But where there are conservative and progressive platforms, they will cease; where there are vigorous debates, they will be quieted; where there is a think piece, it will pass away.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Sep 17, 2019 | 4 comments
What is a “QINTAR” and why do I “SUQ” so much at this game?
by Laura Sheppard Song | Aug 17, 2019 | 3 comments
You wait to feel something, see a vision, hear a heavenly voice. But it’s quiet. The tomb is empty.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Sep 29, 2018 | 0 comments
Dogs are an antidote to the barriers we set up as a culture.
by Laura Sheppard Song | Sep 30, 2017 | 0 comments
Making friends, it turns out, meant finding people I didn’t have to be funny around—those I could trust liked me even when I wasn’t confident or cracking jokes
by Laura Sheppard Song | Aug 31, 2015 | 1 comment
As I finished one lady said, “Me too.” The room felt warmer, somehow, after we had all spoken. Our teacher explained more about mindfulness, how it could help with stress.