The Adventures of Kinky Reggae: A Vagabond for Beauty

About a month ago, Jason and I took a little day trip up to Flagstaff so I could get some stamps for my passport book. There are three national monuments there that neither of us had seen. (Just to clarify, Jason and I are not dating. Not even close. Not even a possibility. He's one of my very favorite people, but we just don't have those types of feelings for each other.) We started with Wupatki National Monument, which had pueblos from the 1100's. To be honest, sometimes I think ruins are a little boring, so it helped having Jason with me because he appreciates them and took a million pictures. Our next stop was Sunset Crater, where we learned that all of the little hills around Flagstaff are actually volcanoes- over 500! After a Hot 'n' Ready lunch, (Jason loves Little Caesars, and I am SO not a fan), we went for a short hike at Walnut Canyon. I think this was my favorite spot because it was such a beautiful canyon, and so cool how they built multi

Sometimes I feel like prayer is pointless. I think, why would God care about me and my petty little issues when there's war in Gaza? But today I was reminded that God is God, so he has time for both the people in Gaza AND my self esteem issues.  Yesterday Jason was being a stupid boy. He called me Hamster (something the neighborhood boys used to call me). That in itself wasn't so bad... The problem was that he wanted to elaborate. It was like a freaking dissertation on why that's a good name for me. Apparently, with my cute chubby cheeks, I strongly resemble a hamster. Since he was being a stupid boy, it took him a while to realize I was actually upset. It did not occur to him that I wouldn't appreciate being told I look like this: He eventually apologized, although he brought it up again later to say he wouldn't call me that anymore, but that I overreacted and that I have some serious issues. This is true. There are days when I look at myself in the mirror and thin