DEGREE IN COURAGE

windy, cold weather. toggling between happiness and frustration, crinkled orange leaves on every sidewalk, dark and empty tree branches, chapped lips, dim lighting, irish pubs, rainy nights, laughter from seconds to minutes and minutes to hours, stolen smiles, cold cof...

I promise you, your needs shouldn't go unnoticed. I promise you--yes, you, that you are confident in what you say and what you think.

you feel from the heart--a heart filled with warmth, compassion, empathy, and love. you think with your mind-- a mind filled with streng...

We were all put on this very earth for a reason. 7 billion people reside on this massive, blue and green swirling piece of rock that's orbiting in a galaxy larger than our minds can handle. Each and every one of us, including you, are given a purpose--to find your pass...

I think we need to take the time to listen to each other more. the arguing, the tension, the heat of the moment conversations, the shakiness, the confusion, the convincing, the misunderstanding, the bitterness, and the hurt.

we need to be patient. and listen. and unde...

I stepped on the escalator to make the same journey I make every Tuesday and Thursday morning out to Arlington, Virginia for my summer internship. Swiped my metro card through the gate, hurried down another set of escalators, and waited for either the blue, orange, or...

It was the most frigid, most bone chilling Friday night when I had grabbed dinner with a friend. We had reflected on this past semester and how different it had been from our freshman year…grades, family, friends, and so on. 

Looking back at what a whirlwind o...

It's currently 11:56 p.m. on a Monday night, and I probably have to be up early tomorrow morning. Am I sleepy? Not at all. Am I going to bed anytime soon? Probably not. I just finished a series on Netflix, Gypsy (not going to give any spoilers, but if you do decide to...

Usually, I am a person who likes to stay nestled in their comfort zone. I’ll make a set of plans for the present and the future, think through the details, go over how things should go according to my plan, and watch (or at least try to watch) things turn out the way I...