

Putting Yourself First
There's a lot of things I've learned over the years, but one of the most important is how to put myself first. I've learned there are some things that I just do not have control over. I've learned that life happens how its supposed to happen - as in God does what he needs to do in order to put us where we need to be. And I've learned that there's only one person in charge of your happiness and that is yourself. As this school year began, I found myself drowning, inevitably it


Coming Home
Well it's been over 2 whole months since I packed up a year's worth of clothes, pictures, and memories and made the 15 hour journey back to America. Switzerland did me well and Europe taught me more things than a classroom ever could. It was, in a single, universal phrase - life changing. And now here I am - back in the little Southern California bubble where it all began. It's weird to be back as I have this solid, achy feeling that while I was away, nothing but everything c