The post that we've all been waiting for is finally here: it's about my journey from Charlotte to Cork! The title is a little misleading because I did really start writing when I was in Montréal, but I started the whole journey when I flew up there from Charlotte the week prior to starting this! I …
Reflecting on 2017
I'm back to do some reflecting on 2017! I know I've been totally MIA lately, but I'm getting my life together ... well, back together at least! Last year, I did a post called Reflecting on 2016 and it was nice to get everything out of my head and into written words. It's a tradition …
The Intrinsic Value of Nonprofits
Standing in 82-degree weather dripping with sweat and feeling the dull ache in my hands as I swung the garden hoe down to break up the dry earth, all I could think was: “I hope that this sweat dries before I get to the formal Friday Center for the Bernstein Dinner, but either way - …
Integrating into Ireland: UCC Campus Involvement
We're taking a little turn from my advocacy posts to talk about my plan for campus involvement at UCC! If you read my previous post, you'd know that I was recently accepted by University College Cork (UCC) in Cork, Ireland as an exchange student for the spring semester! I am so unbelievably excited to be flying to …
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Lightening the Darkness of my Own Creation
The love I have known is not kind. Instead of comfort and support, it brought pain and anxiety. The lies and the manipulations only ever trapped me in darkness. Blinded by self-deprecation living in the darkness, but somehow convincing myself that it's light. Forgotten by the world that I forgot about as well. …
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