Every time I get on Pinterest, or any social media, I am bombarded by the many things that people claim to "love".  Starbucks.  Fall.  Puppies.  Sleeping (lol).  Coffee dates.  And I'm white girl enough to admit that I love all of those things too (except S-bux. sorry guys). but I also love to think outside the box, and...

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I don't think there was one single, distinct moment where I could feel everything around me pause as I realized that this was the place for me. No, nothing quite that dramatic.  It was more of a blanket sense of peace and purpose, coupled with the gradual sensation that I could someday call this campus my home away...

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From babysitter to donut shop employee to tshirt maker, it's been one hecka busy year.   As I look back over my year of slinging donuts at my first "big girl" job, I have to think fondly about those 7 a.m. shifts where I about died and wanted to murder at least twenty people.  Those purple frosted donuts...

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Some days are just eat-a-spoonful-of-icing kinda days.  I don't think there's any other way to describe them, although there seem to be a lot of negative words we use to classify how our days are goin.  Long.  Boring.  Exhausting.  Awful.  Crappy.  Cloudy.  SO MUCH TIRED I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE MY MISERABLE DAY.  #lazyday #yuckkk We gripe, we moan,...

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A rich hazelnut scent wafts through the shop.  Crystal sugar covers tiny golden-orange muffins, tempting even the healthiest of health gurus.  Ceramic mugs clink.  The occasional whirring of a coffee bean grinder is heard.  Coffee shops+this addict=true bliss.  Folded in with the white clouds of whipped cream are even sweeter memories. I've stopped many times just to breath deeply, mimicking...

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via Pinterest In the same vein as my previous post, today I want to introduce you to a whole new world.  Specifically, the world of wedding videos! Better than chick flicks, a good wedding video makes my girly heart so happy.  Everything is happy, beautiful, and innocent.  Y'all ready to cry?? Erica & Steve How does one couple...

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// Relationship Thoughts From This Junior //  Just recently, a good friend of mine entered his first serious dating relationship.  You know it's going to be good when he makes her a paper chain of things they'll do together, all leading up to him asking her to go ice skating with him on their first date!  I was...

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When I think about these past few weeks, a sentence I wrote in my journal comes to mind:  I need you.  You know that.  (I forget that).  Busy is normal here, but in the back of my mind I sometimes wonder what I would do if it ever got to be too bad, too much.  Would I snap? ...

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