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Pesto Leek Lasagna Recipe

July 15, 2020 by Amalia Magner
Pesto Leek Lasagna Recipe

If you follow me online you’ve doubtless seen many food pictures in the past two months. Indeed, I’ve posted little else. For I’ve been finding great solace in the kitchen over this quarantine summer, as…

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Diagnosis is not a holy grail: Challenges of Chronic Illness

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 by Amalia Magner
Diagnosis is not a holy grail: Challenges of Chronic Illness

Before I was diagnosed, as we were searching for an answer, the answer, to my pain, I saw diagnosis as a sort of “Holy Grail”. I thought an answer would release me from this pain,…

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Little Joys: New Friends and Fresh Flowers

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 by Amalia Magner
Little Joys: New Friends and Fresh Flowers

Hello friends, and happy summer-of-crazy! After a ridiculous semester that began as terrifyingly hard and finished as what-in-the-world-is-going-on difficult, then taking a few weeks off from writing, I am finally back at my keyboard. Ready…

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Catching up after Far Too Long

January 4, 2020June 17, 2020 by Amalia Magner
Catching up after Far Too Long

Happy 2020 my friends! I feel like I could easily call you long-lost friends after my absence. It has been 15 months since I last posted here, which is far. too. long. I haven’t quit…

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Mental Health Awareness week, and. . . my own story with depression and anxiety

October 5, 2018January 31, 2019 by Amalia Magner
Mental Health Awareness week, and. . . my own story with depression and anxiety

Last week was “mental health awareness” week at my school, the first one they’ve ever done. And it has been a difficult, and wonderful, week for me. Because little did they know, when planning this…

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Back at School (update!)

August 31, 2018June 17, 2020 by Amalia Magner
Back at School (update!)

I’m back at school and I just wanted to pop by and give you an update, rather than a big, long, involved post. I took the last week and a half off from blogging in…

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Vacations are no vacation.

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 by Amalia Magner
Vacations are no vacation.

When I got back from study abroad, I had friends asking me how my “vacation” was. What they didn’t understand was, “vacations” for me, are no vacation. Living with a chronic illness means you can’t…

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5 Reasons I’m Excited to Get Back to School

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 by Amalia Magner
5 Reasons I’m Excited to Get Back to School

In a week exactly I move back to school. I’ve only been at home in the States for about two months, after getting back from study abroad this summer, and while study abroad was amazing,…

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The BEST Chewy Molasses Cookie Recipe!

August 9, 2018June 17, 2020 by Amalia Magner
The BEST Chewy Molasses Cookie Recipe!

When I need hot sugary comfort food, I automatically turn to the old classic: Hot cookies. Classics are classics for a reason, right? Sometimes I’ll make peanut butter, oatmeal, or chocolate chip (or a combination…

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Thoughts on Servitude

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 by Amalia Magner
Thoughts on Servitude

(Edit: This post was first written mid-June, the day after I got back from studying abroad. I couldn’t bring myself to finish writing and publish it until now. It’s no longer two weeks, but two…

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I finally got wedding pictures up on the wall, and I finally got wedding pictures up on the wall, and even if they're a little crooked and not all spaced quite correctly, they bring me such joy. 🥰

Thanks to @marissatylerphoto for these lovelies! 📷
Snowy days with you are fun. ❤️ (Narnia, here Snowy days with you are fun. ❤️

(Narnia, here we come!)
I'm feeling especially thankful today. For a husb I'm feeling especially thankful today.

For a husband who makes my coffee while I'm in bed with a migraine.

For professors who make virtual class possible.

For colorful flowers in the ditches.

For curly-headed babies grinning at me as I stop for two minutes, and their mama who hugs me.

For friends who stop by unexpectedly.

For in-laws who feed me when I forget my lunch. (And a husband who make sure I get fed, haha!)

For hats and sunglasses that shade my sensitive eyes.

All these things make life sweet, and my day a little brighter.
September holds a steady, gentle, happy contentmen September holds a steady, gentle, happy contentment.
The longer I live here, the more difficult it is t The longer I live here, the more difficult it is to drive away. ❤️

...says the woman who keeps dreaming of getting on an airplane...
It's my last first day. So I decided to celebrate It's my last first day.

So I decided to celebrate.

Welcome to the foliage family, baby senior-year-spider-plant.
If ever there was an unofficial love language, it' If ever there was an unofficial love language, it's food.

I don't typically eat breakfast, but I love making breakfast! So making a week's worth of breakfasts for Caleb each weekend as a part of my meal prepping has become my favorite thing: even if I don't always eat it myself.

Yesterday, I wanted to make something fun. Not just overnight oatmeal or breakfast burritos this week. I whipped up some chocolate muffins, then hid a pocket of peanut butter inside each one. And waited for him to bite in before I said anything. His reaction was priceless, he couldn't stop laughing. Or eating muffins.

Because if there's a certain food that is my husband's particular love language, that would be peanut butter and chocolate.

Mine? Oh, chocolate too. And tater-tots. Anything chocolate, or anything potato. 

What's yours?

#cherisheveryday365_august #breakfast
School's coming. And it's coming FAST. Every year School's coming. And it's coming FAST.

Every year, approaching my first week, I become more apprehensive.

Every year, I question if I'll be able to make it through the year, the semester, the class.

Once I get into routine, begin the readings, start working on assignments, I know I'll enjoy it.

But I never thought I would be here. I didn't think I COULD be.

It's my senior year. And it looks a lot different than I ever could have imagined. Last year's seniors said that. This year's will too.

But I never thought I would get here. I couldn't imagine my 'sick' self actually making it through a semester, when I started--much less finishing the degree that I so wanted.

But I hoped.

I prayed.

I pursued.

And here I am.

Ready to finish off my bachelor's.

And I am so, so thankful for every person who has helped me on this journey. The teachers who understood, who encouraged, who checked up on me, who cared for me. The peers who pushed me and loved me as family. The support system that amazes me and overwhelms me. The God who brought me farther than I ever could have imagined.

School starts on Wednesday. Prepare as much as I can, I'm still apprehensive. But even though the fear is still there, will probably always be there, I step out, ready in faith.

#cherisheveryday365_august #inmycup #backtoschool
I used to live on country roads, go walking by mys I used to live on country roads, go walking by myself alone, watch sparrows flitting in the sky, and never see a soul drive by.

Now I've adjusted to living in town, watch the bustling all around, living up in my perch just so, I can watch business down below.

I didn't expect the change to come so naturally. To walk to the post office was new to me. But now, as I'm so visual, I take photos on my way--a daily ritual.

Still, when I miss my country life, we walk around town, husband and wife, barefoot on the cobblestones, laughing together, watching the wind blow.

#cherisheveryday365_august #morninglight
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  • Pesto Leek Lasagna Recipe
    Pesto Leek Lasagna Recipe July 15, 2020
  • Diagnosis is not a holy grail: Challenges of Chronic Illness
    Diagnosis is not a holy grail: Challenges of Chronic Illness June 17, 2020
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    Little Joys: New Friends and Fresh Flowers June 11, 2020
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    Catching up after Far Too Long January 4, 2020
  • Mental Health Awareness week, and. . . my own story with depression and anxiety
    Mental Health Awareness week, and. . . my own story with depression and anxiety October 5, 2018
  • Back at School (update!)
    Back at School (update!) August 31, 2018

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