Anna Grace – Page 14 – Life in the Nest

That old Valentine’s Day thing

I don't know about you all, but I celebrate my birthday once a year. I've always done it that way. It would never have occurred to me not to. It wasn't until several years ago that I really questioned why I celebrate my birthday each year! It’s not as if it had never been valuable to celebrate the fact that I was born--indeed, that is a worthy thing to celebrate. I celebrate it as often as I think of it now, and sometimes even when I don’t. It's just that the meaning of the holiday had been lost in the repetition.

The Awkward Elevator

Two things I have always regarded as fearsomely uncomfortable: 1) small, claustrophobic rooms and 2) complete strangers. Not in my wildest dreams would I have combined the two. But someone, perhaps someone with wilder dreams than mine, thought to, and called it “the elevator.” I avoided these in my younger years by taking the stairs, but when I came to […]

A Lesson in a Bowl of Soup

It was a chilly December evening at Pensacola Christian College. I strolled up and down the lines at the Four Winds, weighing my options as if my choice would hold some lasting significance in my life. I kept gravitating back toward the soup bar and finally settled on a bowl of creamy tomato soup. I ladled with one hand and […]

Red-Nose Weather

Christmas Lights has come and gone, and the semester will be over before we know it! I’ve always liked to divide the fall semester into three sections: 1) The Slow Part 2) The Fast Part and 3) Red-Nose Weather. The Slow Part is when everything is just beginning. You are getting involved with choirs, plays, sports teams, and various positions […]

The Turkey Bowl Poll

One game. One chance. One winner. One turkey. One…um…bowl. Two teams. Seven sentence fragments. Haha… Anyone know what’s coming? It’s the biggest game of the year: PCC’s annual Turkey Bowl! This Thursday, the two Collegian soccer champions of 2012—the Hornets and the Vipers—will face off as part of the Thanksgiving celebration at Pensacola Christian College. The question is…. Who will […]