by Kayla Norris | Jul 21, 2023 | Relationships, The Creative Heart
“We are far too easily pleased.” -C.S. Lewis We were in the London Underground, waiting for an Elizabeth Line train. The conversation turned to Harry Potter. I didn’t grow up with Harry Potter, but I remember the wars. Should you, shouldn’t you. Witchcraft is real,...
by Kayla Norris | Feb 13, 2023 | Relationships
It wasn’t even February yet. It was the end of January, and Kenzie and I were doing a quick Target run after media class. I mean, nothing is a quick Target run—you go for one thing and come back with 10. But our not-so-quick mission took us right past the display....
by Kayla Norris | Jan 30, 2023 | Grief, Loving Jesus, Relationships
Before it was Planet Fitness, it was Borders Books. Yes, in Kona. I still haven’t quite forgiven Borders for going bankrupt and leaving us without a massive bookshop.(But what am I talking about, I left Kona before Borders did—so who’s really to blame?) But before it...
by Kayla Norris | Oct 11, 2020 | Loving Jesus, Relationships, YWAM DTS
I woke up to the sound of a chainsaw. It’s normal, living on a farm in New Zealand. Maybe not to hear one on Saturday at 7am, but you come to expect the unexpected. Living in Hobbiton—my childhood dream—has its trials. I dragged myself out of bed and glanced down the...
by Kayla Norris | Feb 16, 2020 | Relationships
I know what you’re thinking. Oh no, another Christian girl raving about singleness on Valentines Day. Great. At least, that’s what I would think. But you made it this far. So, curious? I was seventeen when being single on Valentine’s Day hit me hard. Up until...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 11, 2018 | Relationships
I got my heart broken in the spring. For the next few years, somehow I avoided the season entirely. The crazy thing about switching hemispheres (I live in New Zealand) or traveling to the tropics (I’m from Hawaii) is that you can totally miss spring. I mean, I...
