When I was a senior in college, I made a firm vow to myself that I would always embrace Spring Break and travel. Somewhere, anywhere! I knew that I might not always have the means {staycation, anyone?} or the time, but bydarnit, I was going to try my hardest. Since then, traveling has become a type of passion for me….
This time last year, I had never felt so absolutely happy {and so completely exhausted!}. We celebrated our one year anniversary yesterday doing exactly what we wanted; being that the weather was sleet-raining, it was a perfect awesome breakfast, Dexter marathon, puppy cuddling, couch surfing kind of day. As we sipped on our one-year-anniversary wine as gifted to us from…
Growing up, my brother and I were quite close. For the most part, we got along famously; he’d put up with me following along, building tree house, riding the 4-wheeler and snowmobile with him and all his friends. I’d make them all food, they’d let me be part of the group. I made a fabulous third wheel. And when we…
One year ago today, I was taking it easy with one of my to-be-bridesmaids; watching movies all day, talking about wedding plans, lounging in green pants and excited for the world. Later that night, I brought her to the airport to catch her flight back home when I received a phone call from my mom, crying, letting me know that…
I sit here in front of my computer in a bit of a funk. Sometime last week, I sank into this blah state of mind which I am confident is responsible for the series of unfortunate events that have taken place in the past few days. Generally, I believe in positive thinking and a good attitude in hopes that God’s…