My adventures in Austria ended in mid-December. Before I knew it, my bags were packed, my finals were written and my time in Austria was over. Suddenly I was chasing…
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. -Jim Valvano My dad reads encyclopedias. For fun. When I was a kid, I…
“I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you…
“ Perfectionism is self abuse of the highest order.” -Anne Wilson Schaef I’m a type-A perfectionist. I admit it. And it sucks. The problem with perfectionists is that we are secretly…
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” -Linda Grayson When I left for college, one of those snippets of advice that I received…
“As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it…