Last night *at the time this post was wrote* I had a blast with my family and some friends of my dad's attending the Nationals at Knoxville. I posted a lot of photos on my story (yes...I actually got back on Snapchat, just to have some sort of social media that can help me interact with people my age; my username is "sparklesbyablog").[...]
I don't know if I've ever been one to just follow my heart, a common cliche line that this society loves. This Bible verse alone should make you hesitant on following that advice: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” — Jeremiah 17:9 NIV Lots of people just rush into decisions based[...]
Whenever I do a blog post specifically titled "An Honest Post," it's probably really personal to me. I mean, ALL of my blog posts are personal and honest; I make sure to keep them that way, but there are some topics that even I feel more hesitant to talk about, or I just need a disclaimer to be completely real and raw because some things[...]
The weather has finally been beautiful here in Iowa, much to my liking. I'm definitely a summer person, so if this becomes a trend where it's going to keep being cold for the vast majority of the year, I may or may not be moving to Arizona or Florida... Before I deleted my Pinterest account, I saved quite a few quotes to my computer ov[...]
This is a short post I wrote back on May 5, 2016, that I never published. It talks about how to find true, lasting happiness. With all that goes on in my own life, I need this - the TRUE way to get LASTING happiness. Believe me when I say these are just the basics. Since then, I've had my faith seriously tested over and over again, a[...]
It's human nature to want to be special. To want to be remembered. To want to be different. To want to be the first at something. The only person super good at something.... Gotta love jealousy. I'll tell you a secret: I can be a very jealous person and want a lot of glory for myself. I can get very jealous very easily when people te[...]
Earlier this week, I talked about the importance of mentoring. But what if you don’t have somebody to mentor you? What if you just flat out feel alone in this life? I have good news for you: there is still hope. Through this post, together we will overcome feeling alone. Now believe me, I know what it’s like to feel alone. At school,[...]
We all have big dreams. We all have talents. And we want ways to fulfill those dreams. But sometimes, it's not always easy getting out there with them. We let jealousy rule in - somebody's already doing this super well; I don't need to. We don't have much confidence all the time - but what if it fails, then what? And then there's always t[...]
Everything you need to know about why worrying is pointless