Goodbye to Sophomore Me
"If someone had told me that I would be doing this at the beginning of freshman year I would have laughed"
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The World’s Real Heroes: Our Moms
There is no one in the entire world that I look up to more than my mom. She gave birth to me, raised me, and has always been there for me...
Because I’m 18
I always thought that turning 18 would change me in some way. I thought that the day would come and bing, bam, boom , I’d do some dramatic...
Learning and Growing: How I Came to Terms with my Mistakes
As my sophomore year comes to a close, I’ve taken the time to reflect on how I got here. Throughout my last two years of high school, I...
Perks of Being 21: Beyond the Blunt and Booze
Turning 21 is America’s rite-of-passage. When my time came, I hopped in a SUV with my cousins to Las Vegas. As a December baby, the rest of...
The Most Important Life Lessons I Have Learned So Far
We Need Our Pain If people were asked how they felt about pain, they would most likely tell you that they try to avoid it at almost any...
Getting Older
Over Thanksgiving Break, I turned nineteen, and I spent the day driving through my hometown, searching for the small, mundane sights that...
How Grown-ish Says What We Don’t Want To
Sometimes we need someone else to be the ones to say it first. Grown-ish gets right down to business and discusses the most awkward college scenarios.
The 19 Things I've Learned Before Turning 20
I started off with learning how to walk, talk, and tie my shoes. Now, I am learning how people’s minds work and what human nature is.
My First Relationship Was Only A Negative Addition To My Life.. Or So I Thought
I was going into my first year of college and life was looking like it was just beginning. It felt like God was directing me in the perfect...
Live in Full Bloom This 2019
The beauty of a flower is in its weakness, how it is touched by humanity, how it lives and breathes through purity. In a fleeting motion...
Changing Every Moment of a New Year
With the start of a new year, people often feel pressured to go about their lives in a different way than they normally have. This is why...
Dancing the Doubt Away
It’s weird to think that four months ago, I was stretching and warming up in Kresge dance studio and trying to ignore the fact that my...
21 Lessons I Learned Before Turning 21
In my (nearly) 21 years on Earth, I’ve been privileged to have experienced some pretty unique things. Over the past two decades, I’ve gone...
I Left A Happy Relationship to Be In One With Myself
I left my boyfriend for myself
Let Kids Be Kids: Modern Perceptions of Childhood
Let kids be kids
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Living Uncomfortably is the Key to Self-Growth
We all have moments in our lives where we have to put our foot down and say “no.” Some no’s don’t need to be justified, and that’s okay. If...
Her story: Growing Apart from My Twin
Growing up, my twin, Camille, and I did just about everything together. Looking back, after the age of three I do not think we spent any...
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Tips For Real World Adult-ing After Graduation
You spent roughly 22 years of your life counting down the days until you could be considered an adult and have complete and utter freedom...
What Being An Adult for 4 Years Has Taught Me
When I was 9 years old I always had a wonderful dream about being an adult. I would have a job I loved, I could drive a car and I could go...
