“Load the car and write the note, Grab your bag and grab your coat Tell the ones that need to know We are headed (east)” and off to Samford we go!!!!! Such was my Instagram caption the day I left Oxford, Mississippi, my home of 9 years, to begin the journey east towards Samford University. Continue reading “livin’ on a prayer || and other assorted things about college”

Home It’s where the heart is.  It’s a point of reference. It’s where you can click your ruby red heels and poof to whenever you want.  A place where you can put up your feet after a long stressful day. Home It’s a place of refuge. A place of bedtime stories and no monsters underContinue reading “there’s no place like home”

This week I had the opportunity to travel with Christ Presbyterian Church of Oxford to RYM in Florida. It’s only day two and I can already see God is here and ready to move people. The theme of the camp this week is Abiding in Christ. Last night we talked about how if you areContinue reading “And You Will Find Rest For Your Souls”

Where do I even start. The best four years of my life officially ended yesterday. It’s been barely 24 hours since Allstate ended and I already don’t even know what to do with myself. Allstate is my happy place; it is my escape from the chaotic real world into a world of acceptance, unity, music,Continue reading “to Allstate, farewell”

I’m back in my favorite place again: on tour with the Mississippi Baptist Allstate Youth Choir & Orchestra. I literally could go on and on about Allstate forever but I don’t want to get ahead of myself. So at Allstate we have this thing called “Share Night” where, just like it sounds, all of theContinue reading “a Sunshine for my Allstate fam”

The Old high school. Kayla Mize Auditorium. The smell of paint, wood, old costumes…and that smell you just can’t quite put your finger on up in the catwalk. I see nails. All kinds of nails. At one point we were taught those different kinds, and which nail went in which drill, but then some ofContinue reading “the auditorium”

Today I was reminded of how difficult this road we call life is. It is not always going to be pretty. We build ourselves up only to get knocked down, and then work ourselves back up again just to restart the process. For a while I naively thought this cycle would end with graduation…that lifeContinue reading “they will soar on wings like eagles”

So many things to say yet so little time. 2 days. 720 days of high school and we only have 2 left. 13 (14 if pre-k counts) years of school and we’re finally through. I don’t think the shock has hit me yet. I don’t really know what to think. I’ve cried some, laughed some,Continue reading “two days”