Blooming through experience. Memories through adventure.
I love traveling. Not being able to travel anywhere the past year has been less than ideal, but spending time on my own in my neighborhood has given me the chance to fall in love with myself. I've learned to love spending time alone doing things that make me happy. Recently, I took that self-love [...]
Early this year, there was a hot-button political debate going around, more so than any other normal political debate. Christian conservatives from my home town were posting on Facebook like crazy, and I kept seeing a bunch of false information floating around. It started to bother me. I decided to look at both sides of [...]
I can't believe I've had three spring semesters at Missouri Southern and I only have one more! A year ago, I wrote about how my spring 2018 semester was the best I've experienced, and the following semester, fall 2018, was the worst. These things are still true, but I think I'm slowly gaining back the [...]
Going vegan or vegetarian has become a trend in the eating disorder recovery world. When you're someone who is already so focused on what you're eating in an unhealthy way, it's easy to look at a lifestyle that seems healthier and want to be a part of it. Unfortunately, the process or idea of keeping [...]
After leaving Wilmington on December 30, our Nissan caravan headed into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina! The beach is beautiful, but I'm 100% a mountain girl at heart. As we drove closer and closer, and could see shape in the distance, I got so excited and couldn't stop staring. We got into Asheville [...]
Hello, friends! I'm surprised I have any words left in me to type because I just finished the first draft of my very first novel at 76,479 words!! I've been wanting to write a book since I was in elementary school. I remember looking up at the clouds while my mom was driving one day [...]
I feel out of control of everything in my life. Things are changing so rapidly and I don't know how to cope. I don't know what to do or where to turn to handle everything that's going on. I need something that changes on my terms, something in my life I can manipulate and shape, something I [...]
On March 1, 2018, I decided to take a step to better my health, the environment, and the lives of innocent creatures by going vegan. WAIT, before you click off this blog post, try reading just a little further. I used to think vegans were crazy and took things too far and were overthinking the [...]
In 2014, I was so sick mentally that I thought I'd never make it through the year. I didn't want to make it through the year. Physically, I was falling apart and getting worse with each skipped meal, my heart just weeks from failing me. Emotionally, I was already dead. I felt nothing and I [...]
