Ash & Evergreens

     My family is getting a lot better at visiting mine and my brother's hometown in the past few years. When we moved to Tennessee 8 years ago, we came back to the Mitten the year after to visit, and then not till 4 years after that. Now we try and go every year. At least we have the past 3 years.       I'm proud to be in the south now, i love it. I love the sunshine and a lot of the people and so many other things about it. The pride the south has in America and the pride a southerner has in being from the south is overwhelming. I've met so many great people that I cannot imagine life without...but MOST have been adults :) It's been a great several years in the south. And I thought it's where I wanted to stay, but as I sit here in my friend's basement living area, in this chair, typing this on their computer, in Holland, MI.... I think back to this week. The beautiful scenery and weather and people. The memories that flood back into m...

     One of the most recent fitness quotes I've seen that inspired me was, "Train your body how you train your mind." And that truly stuck with me and gave me good inspiration to keep going. As a person who has worked for almost 3 years to get weight off and has been off and on....anything I can get is helpful.      Getting your body to a state of physical fitness is a grueling journey. You go up and down. You're stronger and weaker at times. You are passionate and gung-ho about working out and other days you're lethargic and don't want to get our of your pj's. It's been true for me and my results have shown from it. I'm stronger now and have a little more definition. I've shrunk in inches but I've only lost 19 pounds. And man oh man what a process it's been.  The reason that I stay so committed even though I see little results is because of the result I will physically have one day and the spiritual growth and mental growth that I am ...

this title may sound odd and you may be wondering what it has to do with anything. But it is exactly what it means. Over the past month a lot has happened and in the end, a road less traveled on...forked. It amazes me how good things can split over blown out of proportion circumstances. So, with that, the foundations of my school have been shaken. Another classical (Christian) school is being put together by people who are ready for change at my school. Except, they don't really want change and so they're forming this new school to try and savor the old way of doing things. Notice that there was no trace of a negative tone or connotation in my describing some of the reasons for the new school. My school is getting ready to change and grow and hopefully accumulate more (to the standard) people that pca already embodies, for the most part haha. Now, I am sorry that I cannot make a 36 on my ACT or a 1240 on my SAT. I'm sorry that I cannot make straight A's all the time on ...