…new york is…

New York is everything. It’s the marinuana it’s the almost being hit by a carIt’s the exhaustionDepletionIt’s the exhilarationIt’s the bright lights on the skyscrapersIt’s the shows in a tiny studio dormThat you’re paying 1400It’s the friends who also live here but aren’t from hereIt’s the Yoga and slowSlow flowIt’s the hustle and pushIt’s the…

Made It To New York

I made it to New York.It was the dream I never thought would happen. The box that I closed, reopened.It feels like my wedding day.I was in a yoga class. Kicking myself because my dance classes were going fast, and I didn’t feel I was engaging. I felt they were going too fast, the classes…

Don’t like me for my looks

I don’t want you to like me for my looks. I mean, I do, but I’m not most proud of that. God made me pretty, and I’m thankful for that. I want you to like me for how I think. For how I write. I work hard, daily, to cultivate the way I think. My…

The one thing I want in a relationship (okay, maybe two)

If I can only have one thing in a relationship – ooh dang it’s hard to pick one – I’d pick this. Okay, wait, two. 1 – To laugh in the hard times. Am I asking for too much? Yes? I can dream. Future husband, please read this. I just don’t want to take life…

Norway

My heart feels so full.  It is wild to imagine my dads grandpa growing up on this farm.  Now relatives live there.  There were three siblings. Daniel, Herborg, and Sven. That was their birth order.  Daniel was the oldest so he got the farm. But he fell in love with a gal who also had…

Touchdown Norway.

Oslo. September 15, 2022 at 12:46 pm  I leaned over to my brother and pointed out the window as the plane smoothly lowered through the sky back towards ground. “Looks like Wisconsin.” He laughed and nodded. It really did.  I pointed the same thing out to my Dad, who laughed and nodded. “Sure does.” No…

5 Road Trip Tips

Here are 5 road trip tips I have found help make my drive so much more fun… what tips have you found?

Move to Miami?

In case this encourages you, here are a few thoughts from one of my moves: I’m not sure this is normal or not, but this is how it goes: I wake up in the morning, still half groggy and half asleep, lying in bed, and I think: There is no way I can do this….

Nashville Win: Best smoothie yet

I am a lover of smoothies. Any tropical frozen blended drink is my favorite. Anywhere I go, I try to always drink the most amazing smoothies.Well, I don’t know that I try, I am just so delighted by smoothies.Randomly, Nashville has won the best smoothie of my life to date. E-Rose Wellness Cafe in Nashville,…

How I afforded to take a summer off

I feel a little sheepish whenever people look at me like, how do you afford it? Yes, I pay for it all by myself… no, maybe it’s not the best way to spend my money, but I figure I’d rather err on the side of having meaningful experiences even if it costs money. Money can…