As I lay there in the deep bathtub, I stared up at the ceiling; taking in the rosemary mint scent of the water. I had kept all of the lights off, so my only natural light came from the window above me. A Bluetooth speaker quietly played music in the background and I felt incredibly… Read More Appreciation For Time
Everyone struggles with keeping secrets. Whether or not you consider yourself a locked vault of your friends’ crazy stories, secrets weigh us down. And as juicy as our friends gossip can be, in my opinion, the most difficult secrets of all can be our own. We slap on a smile and walk out the door… Read More Own Your Story
It’s easy to be mad. Letting our emotions blow out of proportion, not looking at the situation with a level head and possibly turning to revenge or vengefulness. When I was younger, I will admit I had hostility down pat. Revenge? Ooh, baby. Screaming match? Bring it on. Then I asked, “What is this accomplishing?”… Read More Harder Than Hostility
From a young age, we are influenced by so many things when it comes to relationships. We may have healthy parents to look up to or not so much. Personally, I was addicted to Disney movies and thought that (in the words of Snow White) “someday my prince will come.” I played dress-up and thought… Read More My Number One Relationship
When you can’t do it for yourself, the universe does it for you. There are so many moments where we choose to miss the signs. We turn a blind eye to those feelings in the pit of our stomachs and that ache in our hearts. The times where we need to make a change, but… Read More The Signs
Before you start reading into this too much, it is not referring to THAT kind of bundle of joy. I’m talking about people that are a walking bundle of joy. Do you know the kind of person I’m referring to? The kind of person that is so full of life and joy that it radiates… Read More Bundle Of Joy
There are so many ways that people react in times of tragedy. Some people struggle to process it, while others can seem to process it a little too well. There are also people that seem to go into an auto pilot and just “get things done” in bad times. However, there is one type of… Read More When Tragedy Strikes
Last week, I hosted a public speaking workshop with my class. We discussed the fears and hesitation to speak in public; how your mouth goes dry, you ramble a little too quickly, or your knees wobble just a little bit with everyone word. Then, as we talked about solutions, one thing that kept standing out… Read More Just Be You
Lately, I haven’t been blogging a whole lot. It’s not due to lack of material, because lord knows I have a ton of that, but due to a combination of lack of time, and the opposite of writer’s block. I have too much to write about. So it is time to get back on track.… Read More You Deserve More
We are now in the final module of our Program Inquiry and Evaluation course. It has been an interesting semester learning about the various forms of evaluation use and program design. When I read Facilitating the Use of Evaluations by Sara Vaca this week, it calmed my nerves that after five years of evaluation she… Read More PME 802 – Final Steps of Program Evaluation Design
