In college we learned this thing called delay of gratification. It’s a concept describing how sweeter the reward is when you wait to receive it rather than rushing to get it right away. I don’t have a very great delay of gratification… When I want something, I want it now. I want it just the way I imagined it in […]

Because I know that Lynn is reading this. Because I know that Lynn is always the first one to read these. Because I know that college can be scary and being away from the comfort of home can be scary. Because I know you put on a brave face and you smile your way through it when deep down you […]

Who would have thought that a slice of cake would change the entire trajectory of my life. I certainly didn’t. Lynn most definitely didn’t. But God, God knew. He knew that friendship cake would put me on a path I could have never dreamed up on my own. It was a single, insignificant moment that ignited the most influential friendship […]

It All Started With A Slice of Cake I wouldn’t quite call myself bossy, but something that morning had me asking a 13-year old teenager to go get me a slice of cake. I didn’t even know her, and the only reason I sat at the same table as her was because there was space. Still, I explained to her […]

I used to tell Lynnie that if you keep telling yourself a lie soon enough you’ll start believing it. Throughout my life I’ve seen how this has played out and how this has always proven to be true. I struggle with understanding who I am and who I’m supposed to be. I’ve always been so concerned with how others view […]