You taught me the courage of stars

It has been almost an ENTIRE YEAR since my last post on this blog. Wow. The past few months have been incredibly…intense? Just, a lot has happened and I don’t know if I want to talk about all of it. It’ll probably come up in future posts. But anyways. It’s my senior year at university

Summer 2017 playlist

I decided to share some of the songs that set the mood of this summer (so far). Everything still seems a bit surreal after studying abroad for four months of this year, and nothing’s quite the same after returning to Flower Mound, Texas after such an adventure abroad! Sometimes I still wake up and think

Farewell Freshman year as [mostly] told in pictures

Spent a week in a dusty library Waiting for some words to jump at me We met by a trick of fate French navy my sailor mate We met by the moon on a silvery lake You came my way Said, I want you to stay -“French Navy” by Camera Obscura For some reason these

Subtlety

There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin  In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am human Only then I am clean  “Take me to Church” by Hozier (Grammy’s selected Song of 2014) It’s catchy, clever, and provocative. Today, secular music has managed to capture the full attention

Last time i felt brave?

What with a surgery, college prep, finishing senior year, and a multitude of other things going on, it is easy to sink into what Anne calls, “the Depths of Despair”. I tend to get overwhelmed pretty easily, when my emotions ride up and down, waves and waves of confusing feelings and doubts and fears and