What gives me a smile? What is it that makes me excited to jump out of bed in the morning? What is it that makes me take a deep breath and embrace the sunshine when I walk out of the residence hall for the first time of the day? Coffee. Coffee. Ah, that magical elixir that creates bliss in the […]
I watched as an older lady broke down in tears as she was handed a present. Two other ladies with whom I was volunteering came to give her a hug, and they cried with her. A couple days before Christmas, I had the opportunity to volunteer at a church to give Christmas presents to families with needs. When I was […]
We're almost ready to head home! Just a couple things to clean, a final exam or two (or three or four or five), and we’ll be packing our suitcases and heading home for five wonderful weeks. If I'm not careful while I'm studying, I catch myself daydreaming about starting my little green car and heading out after that last chapel […]
I’m a true Christmas lover. I take the nothing-Christmasy-before-Thanksgiving rule very seriously. It keeps Christmas special. As soon as Thanksgiving ended, I began singing Christmas songs constantly. I love Christmas. Always have. I wasn’t the kind of kid that couldn’t just fall asleep on Christmas Eve. I was the kind that couldn’t fall asleep weeks before in anticipation of the […]
Gobble Wobble. Wobbledy Gobbledy. Gabobble. Translation: Thousands of students. Two collegians. One bird. You’ve heard about it. You’ve waited for it. You may have even competed for it. And now it’s finally here. The Turkey Bowl. This is the once-a-year event where the top two collegian soccer teams of the college compete for the coveted title of this year’s soccer […]