Lost. You remember it, don’t you? Playing hide-and-seek in the clothing racks at Macy’s, when suddenly you turn around and Momma’s missing. Do you remember that feeling? Maybe you’re feeling it now. With all the uncertainty that overcasts our future, feeling lost might be part of your everyday life. At least that was the case for me. Many seasons ago, I was lost. Lost in the thicket of a thousand dreams without Google Maps to get me back on track.…
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How I Lost 20 pounds in 2020
It used to happen every year. The clock would strike midnight, *insert “el abrazo” here, and the wheels in my head would start turning about how this year I would finally get healthy. I’d start off strong, filled with the zeal of my fitness aspirations that I’d eventually abandon long before the last winter sweater was tucked away in the back of my closet. So why was 2020 different? Why is it that in a year that stole so much…
Adulting Anxiety and 7 Scriptures to Help You Through It
Graduation, THE BAR, job hunting, student loans, $300 textbooks, my biological clock yearning for children, and COVID-19—adulting is a rough ride; thank God for, well, Him. When I find myself allowing anxiety to creep into my thoughts, I look to the Lord and His Word. Like many Christians before me, I have had seasons of passivity in my faith, seasons of zeal, and seasons of struggle. Being in law school can take you through a rollercoaster of all of…
THE TRUTH ABOUT 1L YEAR FROM A SURVIVOR
Abandon all hope ye who enter here… I’m kidding, but seriously, it makes you wonder if Dante ever went to law school. Anyone who tells you that your first year in law school will be easy is either one of two things: a liar or a genius. 1L year was one of the most challenging years of my life, and I have three grey hairs to prove it. Before you take the plunge and decide to embark on the hunt for…
What You Can Expect Your First Month in Law School
Congrats Elle Woods you’re officially a law student. Welcome to the land of dry shampoo, bulging backpacks, and case briefs…you’re gonna love it. It’s been about a month since I started law school, and I think that I’ve seen enough to break out the china and spill the tea about what you can really expect during the first month of your legal education. Read, Read, Read First things first, if you hate reading, you have one of two options: put…
Sorority Recruitment
Clickity-clack—the sound of hundreds of pairs of heels eagerly scurry down the sidewalks toward the banner clad sorority houses. Recruitment season is here, and with it brings the joy and excitement of everything that sorority rush entails. During the next few days, you will meet, greet, and bond with more females than you ever knew attended your school and if you’re lucky you will find a new place to call home. For those of you who don’t know, I am…
YETI Coolers
Don’t be fooled by all the pink, I’ve loved mud and trees since I was a child, and other than getting taller (well not by much) little has changed since then. I love being outdoors, there’s something wildly exhilarating about it that has me hooked, and lucky for me so is my fiancé, Anthony. This passion for the outdoors, especially fishing, left us in want of a cooler that could keep up—that’s when we came across the YETI Tundra. Intricately…
Five Fall Favorites
With the return of football, the winds crisping and, pumpkins gracing the porches of the world, I can’t help but grin. Fall has begun y’all! Unofficially marked by the arrival of a beloved pumpkin spice beverage, this autumn brings with it all of the sweet cinnamon wonders of the rust-colored season and the unveiling of my blog (yay)! I have been working on this for a while now and am so excited that it is finally live! That being said,…