A mountain girl living a life of faith, adventure, & fun
How to live it up this summer I don’t know about you guys, but I LOVE summer!! It is my favorite season and just brings back the best memories; swimming with my siblings, birthday parties, popsicles, etc. When school gets out, and we are all excited for summer, we think deep down that this is …
How to break free from expectations Expectation is an interesting concept, whether it’s expecting something from a job, friend, teacher, or family member. It’s easy for us to expect all these things from other people, but we don’t like it when others are expecting something from us. In this world we live in, there are …
Being Intentional with loving your friends from faraway I know right now it’s hard not spending time with friends and not getting go out, it can be hard to stay connected with your friends when you don’t see them every day. My best friend actually moved away last summer, and we have had to do …
This world is all about staying busy, always moving on to the next thing. Self-care and taking care of yourself often gets put on the back burner. But it’s essential to take care of yourself before you go take care of everything else in your life. There are three different ways to take care of …
Beauty in today’s society has a lot of misguided meanings, our world has twisted beauty into outward appearances and body images. We have lost the truth that beauty is not just skin deep, it’s much more than that. When God created man and woman, he created us in his image, and I think we often …
As teenagers, we face pressures daily from all angles. Teenagers have so many things to balance and are expected to excel in all of them. This isn’t a post to complain about how hard teenagers have it; but simply to give understanding and help relieve some of those pressures. We face pressures from school to …
In this day and age, we feel many pressures from friends, social media, and popular culture; it’s hard to stay grounded in your morals. High school is full of influences, good and evil, it’s essential to choose to follow the right people and make the right friends. I’ve definitely have given in to pressure to …
One of the hardest things about living in today’s world is learning to be comfortable in your own skin. There is a huge struggle to be ourselves, and we feel like we have to change to fit in and be accepted. We have a deep-seated fear of being rejected; we are afraid of being alone …
Loss is one of the hardest things we will go through in our lives when we lose someone we love; we also lose apart of who we are. When I was eleven years old I lost my Dad to pancreatic cancer. my Dad was a fantastic guy, and he fought a hard, long year with …