Haven't we all wished at one time or another to write a letter to our younger selves? Or just be able to go back and tell our younger selves something important we wish we'd known sooner? Or what about the opposite—do you ever wish your younger self could give you some advice NOW? Maybe at times you feel like you've lost your way, and[...]
As I said in my post sharing my favorite life lessons from a movie I love, Courageous, this movie specifically encouraged me in my singleness. This post should be pretty brief, but it's something worth touching on separately. When I first saw this movie, I was literally only 8. It was a bit traumatizing for an 8-year-old but as w[...]
I have several Christian movies that inspire me, but one that I could watch constantly is Courageous from the Kendrick Brothers. They actually just re-released the movie last fall, calling it Courageous Legacy—it's still the same, but they added some content and it's edited better. My roommate at the time and I went to see it twice in[...]
Something special that's been a constant for me since middle school is time spent with my family at hockey games in Wells Fargo Arena, watching the Iowa Wild and other AHL teams play. I've written about them several times on my blog, like here or here and even here, and I've yet to fulfill my goal of going to an NHL game, but I've alread[...]
The tagline for my blog for awhile used to always have some form of "fulfilling dreams" in it. That's probably still sprinkled throughout some of my copy around here, who knows. I'm okay with that because I do love addressing this topic and encouraging people to follow their dreams in line with following God. It's a good thing to have dr[...]
We have finally made it to the final post recapping some of the major things I wish I would have learned and taken to heart sooner in high school, with this post specifically focusing on the things I wish I would have known about senior year. You can read parts one and two here and here, and even though these posts are all TOO LONG, they[...]
Welcome to another post recapping all the high school drama I went through! No, actually my high school years were painfully uneventful, which I suppose could be good, too. Ultimately, I know that God works everything for good, including all the loneliness and pain I felt. I started recapping the things I wish I would have known my fresh[...]
Well, it's hard to fathom that the day has come so quickly where I'm writing this post, where I'm the senior about to graduate. I still remember this post that I wrote, when I felt it was surreal how I was already the eighth-grader ready to take on high school... Wow. I already feel like an older person always griping about where the tim[...]
I would like to begin this post by thanking each and every one of you who thought of me and prayed for me before/during/after my surgery, it truly meant so much to me and my family! I'm also excited to finally be blogging again so that I can give all glory to God in saying that this surgery and recovery did go much better than I expected[...]