As some of my friends and classmates already know, I recently missed a week or so of school in order to participate in a missions trip to Cheryl’s Children’s home. I was able to go and visit and serve them, as well as witness the terrible poverty and circumstances that these children live in and…

Like many other students, I suffer from a chronic case of procrastination. As I have grown, so has this despicable habit, culminating in the condition we all know and hate: senioritis.  All this procrastination has lead to a high amount of stress as well as some late night breakdowns. Try as I may, I can’t…

Several years ago, my mother discovered the idea of “love languages” and so began her love affair with making us take the test annually.  Regularly the first finished, my oldest sister, introverted and quiet, typically scores with her top two love languages being words of affirmation and quality time. Despite the sarcastic undertone of our…