I would like to dedicate this post to what I would like to call the “African Cleanse” as I sit here home all day sick with a fever, flu, and body aches the day after traveling back from the Ivory Coast. Of course I go most the trip without getting sick, only for it to … Continue reading My African Cleanse…
I’m officially in the Ivory Coast and it is definitely an eye opener. I’ve been trying to write this blog for the past few days but I couldn’t quite get the wording right so I kept putting it off. But I do feel the need to write while it’s still early in the trip and … Continue reading Living On Faith Alone…
In the last blog I posted, I wrote about investing in yourself so that you may be able to see things from a better perspective, increase your value, and be able to help others with that value. I wrote about how new experiences and meeting new people from all over open new doors within you … Continue reading Athletes In Action: Mission Trip to Ivory Coast…
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own and you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.” -Dr. Suess When you wake up in the morning what are you striving for? When … Continue reading Investing In Yourself…
Chasing Hands By: Chelsea Poppens Time never stops. It's always ticking, Forever winding. Do you watch, waiting for it to stop? Yet, even when your clock ceases, Time still keeps ticking. Blazing a straight path forward, Never to backtrack. Not sparing you a glance once it's lost you. Along the way you stumble, Stuck forever … Continue reading I love You, Right Where You Are…
R.I.P. I stumbled Upon myself thinking today, "One day I will be who I once was." Instantly, recognizing the falsehood ringing along with it. This beat down, broken, put-back-together self can never be that again. That naïve, hopeful, unmarked, energy radiating, Dream-builder of a child. It’s like saying the chicken can go back into the … Continue reading The Calm After the Storm…
I’m not going to lie and say I didn’t eat my own words in my last post the very next day. I was struggling at the time i wrote the stuff about being positive but i still meant every word. Just because I struggled again after doesn’t mean those words don’t still ring true. Before … Continue reading Fall Down 7, Get up 8…
Today there are about 20 days till I get to see my family and friends again. It has been 10 months since my ACL reconstruction. I’ve been here in Poland approximately 3 months. Time passes ever so quickly so I know these 20 days will go swiftly by. I can’t wait to see my little … Continue reading Searching for the Beauty in the Madness
It's been a minute. I guess I felt like my summer was just so monotonous to write about. I was dedicated to rehabbing, working out as much as I was allowed, enjoying time with friends and family, giving lessons to kids in my hometown, and had a camp of my own in my hometown. Now … Continue reading Dancing the Fine Lines
Alrighty, so It has been a minute since I’ve done a blog so I figured it’s about time. Being home has been great! I was so eager to get back and be with friends and family again. Ever since I have gotten back the mother has been turning me into her personal Cinderella aka slave. … Continue reading A Ring-Ting-Ting-A-Ling
Gotta Have My Pops 