Like many who tackle the university scene, the day you receive your cap and gown from your college admissions’ department is a day you...

“I don’t know why things happen the way they do,” Grandpa Larry says, leaning against the ladder that separates him from me, “And...

“[Your words] are never too sad. They are human. And altogether wonderful. Don’t let fear of what others may think hinder your...

I used to call it freedom. When Charles Bukowski posed the question, “When nobody wakes you up in the morning, and nobody waits for you...

This week, the Netflix movie "Hillbilly Elegy" was recommended to me. I was told that I would love it, so I watched it tonight -- and I...

In Spring 2020, I took a Biology class as one of my last science credits that I needed to graduate. On the first Wednesday morning of...

I’ve been listening to a lot of Dolly Parton songs recently. She’s been in the news a bit recently and has released a new Christmas...

I spent part of my day at the lake today, even though it was cold, cloudy, and windy—therefore I sat in my truck with my windows down...

Throughout my childhood years, the New Year’s Eve tradition was to go to my Mamaw and Papaw’s house with all the family. We would eat...

One year, my friend (Lindsey) and I were riding a fair ride at the Dade City Fair. It was called the Zipper. We were both small, she...

In one of my favorite movies, Steel Magnolias, M’Lynn is at her daughter’s funeral and says, “I just wanna hit something! I wanna hit...

“Weird” is the word that I keep using to describe how I feel. Somedays it’s “bad” but most days it’s just “weird.” I have days when I...

My dad was without a doubt the best dad I could have ever asked for. From early on in my life, I’ve always been obsessed with my dad...

Nothing feels right. It should be a gloomy, stormy day. There should be tornados outside everywhere I look because that’s what I feel...

Photo 1: dad took me to the Peanut Festival simply because I desperately needed a corn dog from the Corn Dog Man. Nobody else would go...