Stanza 1 of a hymn draft based on Psalm 28

I can do 'neighbour' and flip punctuation marks, but one Brit convention that might do me in is 'firstly' and the like. It feels a bit like treason. #PhDlife #americanstudent #britishschool #wheninrome #orbristol

These are the journals that hold the hymns pertaining to my doctoral research. I was a different person when I originally opened the top/first one! One of my tasks today involves going through these first drafts. I think it'll be a treat.

Many people in my life are hurting this week. I thought of Matthew 12, which quotes Isaiah 42. Here's this morning's draft.

Stanza 3 of today's hymn draft on Matthew 5 and 25

Stanza 1 of today's hymn draft

You guys. Every sock. Every single sock. They all had a match in the same load. 👀

Thanks for the tag!

Stanza 1 of today's #hymn draft

Nothing brightens my day like visiting kids in a classroom and talking about writing. 🥰 #writerslife

Yeeeees. Cannot wait to start using this 🙌🏻🎉👏🏻

Forgot to take a pic, but celebrated a little research success last night with gyros and saganaki on an outdoor patio. Inch by inch, marking each milestone . . . #phdlife #almostthere #Ihope

Working through a bunch of edits, and I have to admit that I'm enjoying it quite a bit. The view doesn't hurt. #phdlife University of Bristol

It's been almost a week since I finished a big assignment, and I'm still all . . . #phdlife Creative Writing at the University of Bristol

First draft of stanza 1 of a hymn for caregivers

There just something about walking on my school's campus and hugging some dear people. #Phdlife Creative Writing at the University of Bristol Dr Carrie Etter 🍃📚Mimi Thebo📚🐾

Stanza 2 of 4 in a hymn draft based on Isaiah 42 #kingdomofgod #hymn #hymnwriter #hymnnerd #lcms #lcmscreatives

Is it my last first day or my first last day? Creative Writing at the University of Bristol hasn't started classes for the fall yet, but it was a big day anyway! I hit "submit" on my doctoral dissertation. I still have to defend my work. But it's another big milestone! Big hugs to 🍃📚Mimi Thebo📚🐾 and Dr Carrie Etter

What a wonderful way to start the year: two doctoral students submitting on the same day!! Congratulations to Lisa M Clark. Her work in writing hymns has been utterly fascinating.

My first English@Bristol Creative Writing at the University of Bristol PhD student, Lisa M Clark, submitted her thesis yesterday, and my MA tutees, sophia and Kaycee Hill, submitted their dissertations today! Congratulations, all! 😍❤️🍾