W E L C O M E 

Hi there, I’m Lish Andres. I’m a writer and editorial assistant. This corner of the internet houses my personal work and creative projects, including pieces of memoir, interviews, photo essays, travel documentations, and poetry.

My husband and I just moved to Asheville, North Carolina. We’ve lived in a few different places in the world: Kansas City, Grand Rapids, and Prague (Czech Republic). And while we’ll always love to travel, we’re also always in search of home and what that word means to us.

The words abode and abide are two stones that I carry with me in my pocket every day. Abode describes a dwelling place. Abide expresses the act to endure or wait for patiently.

Through the years, I have moved often, lost much, and understood the meaning of hardship. Time and time again, I learned how to abide in the arms of Jesus Christ. His presence became my abode, my real home, that washed and healed the broken places of my heart. The more I learned about myself through this sacred relationship, the more I could see the beauty of being human: I understood that I wasn’t alone in the dark after all.

That’s when the real exploring began.