A few weeks ago, some of my 2021 seniors asked me my thoughts on going through sorority recruitment in college. I’ve touched on my sorority experience in blog posts before — I was an active member for the first three years I was blogging — but now that I’m four years removed from the experience,… Read More My Sorority Experience
My WordPress subscription to use lessonslearnedlifeloved.com as my domain renewed a few days ago. My first thought when I read the email was “why am I wasting $35.88 to fund a site I don’t use?” I can remember the last moment I was really doing something for myself and living in the moment, and I… Read More Somewhere Between
You don’t have it all figured out, even if it feels like you do. But God does. Your natural hair actually looks decent (or does it?) after X amount of days of ditching the blow-dryer, wand, and straightener, and you wish you could go back and tell your high school self not to waste the… Read More 22 Things Your Senior Year of College Teaches You
Tonight, I came home from spending the weekend celebrating my boyfriend’s birthday in our college town to my mom and brother filling out scholarship applications. My brother is a senior in high school this year, and he’s signed to play baseball next year at a university that also just so happens to be THE school… Read More “I write so that others might be inspired.”
When I was in high school, I compared my first real relationship to a glass box in one of my early journals. I thought everything was so clear and perfect, or so it seemed, and I knew with one wrong move it could shatter. It did – over and over. But that’s what glass does.… Read More Broken Glass
Better late than never, including but not limited to, class, work, social outings, this blog post… It’s okay. But actually, a lot of times, things aren’t okay at all and you don’t have to pretend that they are because you know that God’s always in control. 21 is fun but not that fun because your… Read More 22 Things Your Junior Year of College Teaches You
To the nervous upperclassman on his/her first day of class at a new school, You’re an upperclassman, you shouldn’t be nervous. At least that’s what you keep telling yourself, right? Actually, it’s okay to be nervous, maybe even scared. After all, this is your first day at a new college. I know you because… Read More An Open Letter to the Transfer College Student
Philippians 4:6 says this: “The Lord is at hand: do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” I’ve been really anxious lately, and I’ve neglected my blog and writing in general. I’m anxious about the future of my sorority. I’m… Read More Jesus Freak
You’ll learn what it means to unapologetically be yourself, but you’ll continue to run into people who make you question who you are. It’s okay. You’ll also run into people who make you feel comfortable in your own skin like you never have before, but sadly many of those people only make a brief appearance. It’s okay. You’ll… Read More 22 Things Your Sophomore Year of College Teaches You
An end of the year/end of the semester post is due, but I haven’t quite been sure where to start. I’ve learned a lot – I’m always learning – and somehow this chapter of my life has left me feeling confident and confused, whole and broken. But very fulfilled. Is that possible? As far as… Read More 3,456 Miles
