That life will probably never look like I think it will, and that’s okay. I say this a lot, but I am the biggest planner at heart who is living the least-plannable life at the moment. And I am slowly (oh so slowly) learning that it is okay. In fact, it’s sometimes it’s better than […]

That life is short and should be celebrated. Two weeks ago, a sweet, sweet family I know suffered an incredible loss. It’s not my story to talk about, so I won’t, but I’ll say that it hugely shaped this month for me. When something that horrible happens, it’s a gut-punch. There’s no explaining it away. […]

Graduating college. I was extremely paranoid about graduating college. For months, I made pointless meetings with my advisor to go over things “one last time” because I just had a gut feeling something was off. I even met with a second advisor, because I couldn’t shake the feeling. Aaaand my gut was right.  Two days […]