The Only Thing

The only thing we can do is let the people we care about know that we care. It’s up to them to decide what to do with it, but once we do that thing, our work is done. Let it rest. Let it be.

If There’s One Thing I Know: The Quarter-life Crisis

This is my first blog post in a year and a half. As we all know, 2020 was a doozy. After going through some personal challenges that I wasn’t willing to share (the advice “write from scars, not open wounds” comes to mind), I sit here from my couch in Asheville—a sentence I never once … More If There’s One Thing I Know: The Quarter-life Crisis

The Scotland Series: Conquering Ben Arthur or Something Like That

I awoke the morning of May 19th, 2017 groggy and sleep deprived. This didn’t matter though, because I was waking up with the sun in order to experience a dream of mine that was finally about to come to fruition. On this beautiful May morning, four out of five McFarlands headed out at the crack of … More The Scotland Series: Conquering Ben Arthur or Something Like That

1 Month Down (Under)

I’ve been living in a foreign country now for 35 days. The language barrier, the stark cultural differences, my inability to blend into the crowd… all things I do not really deal with that much. I’m in Australia, our English-speaking neighbors who couldn’t live farther away if they tried. “Doesn’t that mean they’re not neighbors?” … More 1 Month Down (Under)