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In western culture, we grow up thinking hard is bad. And with that, we learn to run away from pain-avoiding it at all costs, afraid of...

Shannon Keyes

Feb 18, 20192 min read

I want to write about what it means to have courage. I want to write about how unfulfilling it is trying to be perfect, and how...

Shannon Keyes

Jan 15, 20192 min read

..... I remember a large oak tree in the front yard of our house in Colorado. Every day I'd climb that tree and shield myself behind the...

Shannon Keyes

Apr 8, 20183 min read

This Life. It’s Wild. The wonder of life has captured my attention in its unpredictable, ever-changing, multifaceted way. (call me crazy,...

Shannon Keyes

Apr 8, 20182 min read

Home. What comes to your mind when you hear that word? Home used to come with an address in my mind. Whatever house I lived in I called...

Shannon Keyes

Jan 6, 20185 min read

Growing up, my biggest fear, other than the dark and spiders, were words. I was afraid to speak up about things that mattered, because if...

Shannon Keyes

Dec 18, 20172 min read

2017 has brought a whirlwind of change in my life. I shaved my head, graduated high school, lived with family friends over the summer...

Shannon Keyes

Dec 6, 20174 min read

I want you to know something. Right here. Right now. The Author of the universe is writing a story... But, you see, this isn't just any...

Shannon Keyes

Aug 22, 20172 min read

I'm back home from Swaziland, and everything has new meaning. I am changed. The small world I have lived in has changed. It is as if I'm...

Shannon Keyes

Jul 30, 20162 min read

My favorite scene ever is during dusk or dawn when distant mountains are hidden by the sun's casted shadows; layers of fog make for a...

Shannon Keyes

Jul 24, 20161 min read