About Me

Hi, I'm Erika.

I’m a single mother of a beautiful girl named Diana, or D for short. She is the most important person in my life, and mothering is a refining fire, Jesus gathering us to himself.

I love words.  I require poetry every day to feel sane. I really, really like books. I'm that obnoxious person you've probably seen walking and reading at the same time.  

If you’re a Myers-Briggs or Enneagram nerd, I swing between an INTP/INFP, and I'm an Enneagram 5.  What about you?

I love black and white. I wear stripes too often. I dream of living in a house full of sunlight, open spaces, bright white walls, and lots of plants (that someone else will have to keep alive, because plants hate me).

I have to keep learning, I am hungry for knowledge, obsessively curious. Sometimes I'm frustrated by my own skepticism, I have questions about everything, and I want to get to the bottom of it all, like yesterday.  It keeps me reading, learning, but also always overthinking, always questioning, always  doubting, so I’m working on some balance.

I wish I could stay in school forever. Since I’ll probably never go back, I think the next best thing is to marry a professor someday. Then I can sit in on his brilliant lectures. Sounds like a well-hatched plan to me.

Sometimes I worry that my introversion comes off as rude, or standoffish. I’m nice, I promise. I can be shy, I feel socially awkward in the best of circumstances, especially large groups, and I’m no good at small talk. But I do love to talk, just not about the weather. Let's get coffee.

The supreme joy of my life is knowing Jesus. My faith is imperfect, sometimes laughably so, but even still, he is always near, immeasurably worthy. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.