Welcome to the first full month of 2021! It took me most of the month to realize I'd been writing the year as 2020 in my journal entries. It happens to the best of us. As it turns out, this year marks the beginning of anyone being born in the 1900s being of legal age …
Saturday is the day I virtually graduate…eight months after I was technically a college graduate. It sure does not feel like it’s almost been a year since I finished my senior project, but I guess it has. I’ve been thinking about my education journey lately and I wanted to share a bit about it. I …
Continue reading Hindsight is 20/20: A Story About My College Education
Hello everyone! I've decided to theme each month's worth of posts and this month has a small thread of gardening extending through them all. Next month, I plan to dive into connecting with ourselves, but for today, I'll be explaining how to make an I spy bottle. There are so many different I spy bottle …
January has been here and gone and oh, what a month it's been! I'll do you all a favor and save you from the personal matters that were included in this month. Many tears were shed. Instead, I want to focus on something positive. I've heard someone mention time and time again that something changes …
I was off to a quick start with my reading journey and finished my second book, The Lakota Way, within days of finishing Anything. I picked up my third book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle before the holiday craziness really kicked in and, if time permits, I’ll have a couple more book reviews up within a week …
I'm not sure anyone can fully comprehend the emotion I feel behind this post as simple as it may seem; fear, vulnerability, love, a pit in my stomach, tears in my eyes, an 'oh shit' kind of feeling that can neither be described as good or bad. A few weeks ago I came across the …
Continue reading Destination: Happiness (Consider Losing the Itinerary)
"Imagine the best version of your true self. Describe what that looks like." I found that question on a page in the Spring 2019 issue of Magnolia Journal that offered monthly journal prompts. It has been on my mind during this last week that consisted of watching any BrenéBrown talk I could find. I’ve mentioned …
"Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero, and a national celebrity, and a shrimpin' boat captain, and a college graduate, the city of fathers of Greenbow, Alabama, decided to get together and offered me a fine job. So, I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan. Though he did …
Continue reading Fun, Finding Your Passion, Faulty Views on Education, and Forrest Gump
Honesty, Humor & Hope 