A Glimpse of Starlight

Hey there! My name is Aberdeen, and I’m so glad you’re here! I’m a poet, bookworm, and collector of quotes. I’m one whom Jesus loves (and so are you). For you personality geeks, I’m an INFJ in the Myers Briggs system and 1w2 in the Enneagram. I am a homeschool alum, military kid, and unexpected advocate of quiet gap years. Unexplained arm pain tossed my post-high-school plans out the window and continues to teach me to throw myself into the wave and embrace the adventure (and my limitations). Now I’m studying religion and theology at The King’s College in New York City and still floored that this dream came true.

I overanalyze almost everything (or is it actually everything?) and all my blog readers can tell you I’m way too wordy.  In an effort to combat that, I’ll end this introduction here:

I believe in the power of words and the power of love. I believe that the dark will never overcome the light and that this isn’t the end.

Elsewhere

Instagram | Goodreads | Letterboxd

Published

The Rebelution | Solum Literary Press | Koinesúnē | Ekstasis

Favorites

{Literary}

J. R. R. Tolkien • C. S. Lewis • Megan Whalen Turner • Marilynne Robinson • Gary D. Schmidt • Brandon Sanderson • Chaim Potok • Madeleine L’Engle • George Eliot • Jane Austen • Fyodor Dostoyevsky • T. S. Eliot • Robert Frost • John Donne • Ursula K. Le Guin • Homer • Virgil • Shakespeare • Dorothy Sayers • Harper Lee • Victor Hugo • Laura Hillenbrand • Jeff Shaara • Susanna Clarke • Jackie Hill Perry

{Musical}

Andrew Peterson • Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen • John Mark McMillan • Jon Foreman • Sara Groves • Shane & Shane • Sleeping At Last • Switchfoot • The Gray Havens • U2 • Broadway shows (Les Mis forever) • movie soundtracks • lots of classical (Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” is my #1 favorite song)

{Random}

New York Yankees • New Orleans Saints • Scotland • Star Wars • the Oxford comma • the ocean • alliteration • word play • chocolate • cities at night

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

~ Psalm 42:8