I had all sorts of dazzling words in my back pocket, but in the end, after being off the grid for so long, these are all I can muster:
This August, I will move to Rochester, NY to pursue a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Rochester.
These past two years of service have been full of grace, and, with only a few days before I am to see my brother graduate from Le Moyne, I know that I am ready to make this next jump.
In an email that I wrote just the other day, I noted that, "I don't have any kind of certainty, but God has never wanted that, just my openness and my courage to come and see what good things can come from Nazareth."*
*For more on this reference, click here!
There are many "Nazareths" in my life, but I have found time and again that good things can and do come from these places, if I look for them. The goodness can be found in the midst of a reality that holds sorrow, joy, awe with the same set of hands, and all of those things only serve to make it sweeter.
More to come. I hope that you readers are all well, wherever you may find yourselves.
Peace and all good,
Rachel
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