“There’s nothing we can’t do if we work hard, never sleep, and shirk all other responsibilities in our lives.” -Leslie Knope Today, I ended my career as a full-time student (I may be a little quick to the draw here-still waiting on final grades from a couple of classes so prayers and crossed fingers would […]
the one with the pool
Quote: “I don’t flip. I don’t even dive into a pool-straight cannonball for me. No, thanks.” -Rob Lowe Do you remember in middle school and high school, during sleep overs at the cool friend’s house (who had a pool and hot tub), when everyone would sit in the hot tub for extended amounts of time […]
the one with the bend
“Notice that the stiffest tree is easily cracked while the bamboo survives by bending with the wind.” –Bruce Lee Along with the majority of other six-year-old girls in the ‘90s, I was a gymnast (I use this term very liberally here). Every week, my sister and I would attend our gymnastics lessons in our sparkling, […]
the one with the person
“It wasn’t personal.” “What is that supposed to mean? I’m so sick of that. All that means is that it wasn’t personal to you, but it was personal to me. It’s personal to a lot of people. I mean, what is so wrong with being personal, anyway? Cause whatever else anything is, it ought to […]
the one with the cat
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland With the beginning of the fall semester, Baylor campus recently experienced an exponential […]
the one with the giants
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” –Sir Isaac Newton When I was six or seven, my family and I took a trip to New Mexico to go skiing. My parents loved to ski and wanted to introduce my older sister, younger brother, and myself to the activity. […]
the one with the goats
“I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we’re supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else’s idea of our happiness-what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, ‘Just be happy-go be a cobbler or […]