*I know it's been a while since I've posted. I received an incredibly sweet and encouraging Instagram DM the other day asking me to write more blog posts now and then, so I thought that was the Lord nudging me to get back into it. And if no one else reads this, this is for…
I can't always make myself get up early enough to make the 7:00 workout class, but today I did. Since I'm living at home with the fam for the summer, it's also not often that I'm the first one awake. I was in the kitchen, trying to throw together a quick-yet-healthy breakfast, also trying to hurry…
*note: the title of this blog post is my life motto and my all-time favorite song. that said, i hope I did it justice with this post. When I first sat down to write this, I was sitting in the back corner of the Nashville airport food court, trying to finish a way-too-greasy piece of…
I posted a Christmas Eve entry last year, so I felt inspired to do the same this year. And if you read last year's, it might be slightly similar. But I thought it needed to be said again, or at least something close to it. So, here I am, drinking some Hazelnut hot chocolate with…
I am currently sitting at a table on the back porch of Starbucks alone, enjoying a pumpkin spice latte and listening to this super jazzy/folksy/indie/artsy playlist they have playing. It's very cold, because Nashville finally decided it wanted it to be fall, and I'm jamming to this playlist and keep asking Siri quietly, "what song…
A few weeks ago, I had my college orientation. Before I say anything else, I want this to be clear: I am over-the-moon excited to be going to Belmont. The new friends I have made are so so so sweet, and the campus is beautiful, and I could not have picked a better place to go…
I was about 11 the first time I truly realized what a blessing it is to know someone with special needs. I will never forget it. I was sitting on my grandparents' front porch with my grandmother Mimi and a few of my older cousins, one of whom was Andrew. Andrew is a year older…
"You couldn't pay me enough money to ride Tower of Terror. The last thing I would ever ride in Disney World would be Tower of Terror." As I stood in line with 2 of my younger sisters to ride (yes) Tower of Terror over Spring Break, these words, which I had told someone the night…
"Where have you been? You haven't been home like all week." My 13-year-old sister said this to me last week, and at first, it made me laugh. "I've been busy!" I said. "I have a ton of stuff to do." My family knows I'm busy. I've heard it's an oldest child thing, and maybe it…
Two weeks ago, a boy I knew took his own life. I hardly knew him. I only met him a few times, in fact. But when I heard the news, in the middle of the school hallway on Thursday, January 21, I cried. I cried because I know the pain he must have been in. I…
