Paris, the Queen, and my Sweet 16
There truly was no better decision of a weeklong European vacation rather than a short-lived Sweet Sixteen party for my birthday. Prior to the bon voyage I was soon to embark on with my mother and...
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Healing Hands, Healing Heart
On the morning of June 16, 2012, my team and I touched ground in Haiti, prepared for the devastation but also thankful for the chance to help. As we traveled...
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A Diamond Studded Sky Over Yellow Flooded Streets
Imagine this: a Latino family performing pop music with an accordion, a disheveled elderly couple snoozing, a pair of Scottish lads clasping their bagpipes in their traditional kilts, and a tattooed...
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Rain in the Pacific
The summer of 2011, my family decided to take a trip to Kauai, Hawaii for one week. My parents, my college-aged brother Ian, my twin sister Abbey, my grandfather Al and I crowded into a suite at...
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Bungee Jumping in Nepal
As I stood atop the bridge, my breathe started to quicken and my heart began to pound, my thoughts jumbled together into a blurb, “What have I signed up for? There’s so much more...
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Finding God in Atlanta
Last summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to go on a mission trip with my church family to Atlanta, Georgia through
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Hello, Nature. Nice to Meet You!
I have forever and always thought of myself as a city girl. The plains of rural Kansas were never inviting, and seemed unimaginative and commonplace to this bustling girl. However, I recently came...
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