a “tug” in the right direction?

Everyone that knows me remembers one prominent thing about me. I was completely undecided with my major. Job interviews, family reunions... every time someone asked me what I was planning to do with my life, the only answer I could come up with was "I don't know." It made me sound immature and irresponsible. I...

Surviving Francis Crawford… and other tips for Freshman girls at Ouachita

To all the 2017 (and subsequent classes) freshman girls at Ouachita, this is for you. "Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life" as my dad told me when we finally got settled in. He told me that right after I took that picture on my bed below. I was about to...

grateful

It has been 4 weeks since I left home and it is hard not to hug my mom, sleep in my own bed, and eat a home-cooked meal everyday... but I'm getting through it one step of a time. One of those steps is remembering all the fantastic things that happened this week that make...

many firsts

I know its been a little while since I've written... I'll try to keep it on a weekly basis from now on 🙂 I named this blog "many firsts" just because there were a whole lot of firsts in these past two weeks from first day of school, first game/ tournament, first trip to hot...

Off to newer and greater things

Well it has been about 9 days now since I moved into my new home at Ouachita Baptist University and I thought I would spend a little time to share my experiences so far 🙂 The weeks coming up to this were such a struggle to me because saying goodbye to my best friends for...