Ella

By Ella Sonder: the realization that every random passerby is living a life as full and complex as your own. Sometimes, sitting on the subway, I look around and think about that. As I stress over my own to-do list,...

By Ella Dancing in the pouring rain with people I'd met a week ago. Rolling in the dirt to classical music at 9am. Watching shooting stars from a wooden bridge in sleeping bags. Having a spontaneous snowball fight. Swimming in...

By Ella When I left on my nine-month journey across the world, with nothing but a backpack and a heart of service, I had no idea what lay ahead or what would come from my time on the mission field....

By Ella According to Webster’s Dictionary, identity is “the distinguishing character or personality of an individual.” The option of taking a gap year had never been something on my radar. School was everything to me growing up. I loved to...