Chance Colleen

Friends. These are my friends, despite the low quality of the picture, they are some high quality people I get to spend some of my life with. A couple of weeks ago I turned 20. I had been waiting for that day for quite some time. Here is an open letter to the next ten years:…

When you move off campus, a lot of things change. No…like…a lot changes. 1. Friends When you move off campus, you lose contact with a lot of people. None of it is really intentional, it just kind of happens. You don’t see your friends “down the hall,” anymore, and a quick walk across campus has turned…

First, I want to thank you for being everything I needed during those specific times in my life. Second, I want to thank you for walking away, allowing me to understand that I can do it on my own. To anyone reading this, I want you all to know that she was and will always…

“Some of the best people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes” They cannot fit into life’s “pre-made” boxes because they were crafted for so much more than ordinary. When I say “they,” I’m sure you are asking just who I am talking about. I am talking about the beautiful people that walk this earth and…

As I am wrapping up my freshman year of college, there are a few things I’d like the incoming freshman to know. This has genuinely been one of the best, yet most trying times of my life. I am so excited for you (incoming freshman) to experience all that college has to offer you! 1.…

I’m only 19 but if there is one thing I know, it is this: I do not ever want to stay in one place for a long time. I can see myself always wanting to move, explore, and see new things. Roman Payne says it best when he said  “A person does not grow from…

I have found myself seeking out these meaningful conversations a lot recently. I have been doing this just so I can learn. It is overwhelming  to know just how many resources are right at my fingertips, and that this process of learning never has to stop. There are people who are perfectly fine with small talk.…

“It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.” ~ Bob Proctor More than anything, I pray that you are well. I pray that you are more than just “fine,” like you have spent many years of your life telling people. I pray that you have found what makes…

Being a second semester freshman in college, I often find myself telling others that I am too busy to do something. Too busy to be somewhere, or finish something. I am just too busy.  As I approach the end of my first week back to school, being busy has become my new normal. I was walking to class yesterday…

You are the year I learned to become independent. You are the year I graduated high school. You are the year I moved out of my parents house. You are the year I started college in a different city. You are the year my health started to decline. You are the year that I traveled…