First Semester Freshman

First semester of freshman year. Everyone says you learn a lot and they’re seriously right. And I guess the best/worst part is that you don’t stop learning. The challenges and life lessons aren’t really gonna stop.You don’t simply face something, learn from it, and move on. You are constantly learning and I think if we were […]

The Airport

I’ve always been a fan of the airport. It always means going somewhere. Airports are like the portal to the rest of the world and the places you can go once you’re in them. You look at people walking around an airport and they could be from all over the world. It’s just so cool. […]

The Farewell Season: Family Roadtrip Edition

Life’s been crazy lately and time has been flying and things have been sneaking up on me. One of these things being the fact that my brother leaves for a summer in Africa in just two weeks and that I leave for college before he will even get back. The fact that the house will […]

The South of France

And finally, one of my favorite parts of my tour of France! There was just something about the warm, *dry* (not humid like Memphis, thank goodness) weather with a gentle breeze. Palm trees, colorful buildings, etc. On the drive down south, if we looked to our right, Spain was in the distance. If we looked […]

Surprised By France: Headin Down South…

After the Loire Valley, we started heading south. Our first stop was in a cute sea-side town called La Rochelle. The weather started slowly getting warmer and I was falling in love with it. After that we headed to Bordeaux, which is a big city and more well known. We took an evening walk through […]

Surprised By France: The Loire Valley

After the North of France, I was ready to see something new! And that’s exactly what I got! It’s crazy how one country can vary so much throughout it’s regions. We slowly started driving south towards the Loire Valley and as we did things did start to look different. Our first little stop was in […]

Surprised by France: Northern France

I am so excited for this first post actually chronicling my tour through France! I can’t wait to share all the different things I did and saw and learned! As I was looking back through these pictures for this post, I was shocked to realize it has been nearly a month since some of these […]

Surprised By France: The New Family

Surprised by France Chapter 1: The New Family In short, God blessed us with the most incredible tour group and it’s crazy to think that if we had been able to go on that other tour, nothing would be the same. We did a kind of tour where anywhere from 25-50 people are in a […]

Surprised By France-Intro

There has always seemed to be some sort of magical aura around France and the idea of it. Think about it-the city of light, the city of love. Whether it is through books or movies, France (especially Paris) is played up to magically bring love and life and all things new. Pictures of the Eiffel […]

When Paul Becomes Extremely Relateable

For starters, let me just say that I have the best Bible study group ever. Every since my freshman year of high school, a fabulous 20-something nurse has been dedicating hours out of each week into teaching me and two other girls the Word of God. As we wrap up senior year, it’s hard for […]