Embracing Fear: A TotallyNatYourAverageGirl Post I always find myself asking, “What do I want to write about?” and then I don’t end up...

Six months, huh? Yikes. Well, a lot has changed since we last talked. A lot. First off, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! Secondly, I...

To address the elephant in the room first: my brother was in a major motorcycle accident. He's doing okay now, but has a lot of injuries...

I was asked about you today. I didn't really know what to say. It's been so long since we've spoken. I got the chance to smile and tell...

If you've ever heard a piano be tuned, you know it's a lot of racket. A lot of playing the same note over and over again and adjusting...

So I've fallen off the radar for a while. I'm trying really hard to get back into the swing of things. I've been pretty unwell until...

Sometimes, I wish I could just pack up and run away from it all.

So. I might be freaking out a little bit. I dropped my classes this semester, and now I'm considering not going back to DBU at all. In...

A recap of where I've been for the past... Long time.

Two years ago today, I was lying in a hospital bed. One of my friends had brought a small Christmas tree, and I honestly remember more...

Hey friends and family! Happy August! School starts in about two weeks, and I recently wrote an essay for a scholarship competition, and...

Wow. I don't have the words to explain the kind of night I had tonight, so I'm not going to try. I'm going to let God guide my fingers...

"I'm going to write a blog post the first week of January," she said, "I'm going to update every week," she said. Haha. Um, yeah....

So. I had a blog post typed up that I was going to post this morning, but decided against it. It was definitely a post where I was a...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I'm honestly not sure what I want to write for this post, so I figured stream-of-consciousness is the way...

Happy Blog-iversary, everyone! It has been a long time coming and I'm so glad it's finally here. I've changed a lot in the past year, and...

A year ago this week, I was in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy which would later reveal my neuroendocrine tumor, which would...

We are supposed to be honoring their memory. We are supposed to be remembering them.

Dear younger me,

I ended up plunging straight into the sequel because I was stressed in a lot of different areas of my life and decide, "Oh, uh, yeah, I'm n