this last year has definitely been a whirlwind with lots of ups and downs and more importantly, a LOT of learning. it definitely hasn’t been easy by any stretch of the imagination, but if i had to go through it all again in order to be right here right now, i would. because the truth […]

as some of you know, my little sister has the true writing talent of the family. she is currently in school for creative writing (how fitting) and after our short conversation regarding coffee dates yesterday, she sent this back to me a few hours later. she wrote it out just for fun and it’s definitely […]

written to calendar girl by stars i jumped off the paddle board into the bluest water i think i have ever seen, although every time i go out there i say that. i dove down, as my fear of the ocean slowly drifted away and i could think of nothing more than how happy i […]

it was 11:28am and i knew they were closed at 11:30am. i had 2 minutes and i needed to park my truck, run in and make it inside the door of the social security office before they closed. who closes at 11:30am on a wednesday anyways!? i pulled into the lot at 11:29, parked, grabbed […]

well i have totally dropped the ball with blogging everyday, since it has almost been over a week since my last post… i guess that is what happens when you take a vacation week when you live on kauai! i was so grateful to get to spend the last 7 days with one of my […]

this is a long one but just bare with me, i promise the end is worth it. last night i was laying on my bed, ready to write as i usually am at around 10:40pm. i was looking through some old notes i had, and i came across the graduation speech i gave as the […]