The Journey.

I'm 17!!! I talked to my momma the other night and she said "I can't believe it! This is the first year in almost adulthood". Crazy. It feels like just yesterday I was my Grama's shadow and I had a bob haircut with a mad love for Hannah Montana (ehh.. I still do) or rocking out to J-E-S-U-S in Kidz Connect at church. Now here I am, sitting in a mhotel room awaiting my day which is jammed with practice to be a part of a country about to experience BIG change. This is crazy. If it were up to me my life would have paused at around 7th grade. I'm so so thankful that God had other plans. There isn't really a pause button in that plan to prosperity. Now I feel closer to God each day as I grow older. I can understand more, dig deeper and be used in different ways. For instance, this trip. If I were to pause at 12 years old I couldn't even think about going and definitely wouldn't be ready for what this next week stores. I used to hate growing up. I actual...

Well, I just got home from Myrtle Beach with 20 of my family members on Saturday morning at 3 am. I was so excited to be home. I was incredibly homesick by the end of the week... Which is incredibly weird because I was with my entire family but, I missed my family here that is for sure.  We left on Saturday morning headed towards my aunt Cindy's house in SC. It was quite an experience staying two nights in a house with 20 other people including a bunch of babies but we got through it. The weather was kind of horrible half the week which was no fun.. At all. So on the rainy days I relaxed and slept. Two things that I barely get to do! I had lots of fun with my family. We did lots of things such as Ripley's aquarium, Hard Rock Cafe, Broadway at The Beach, Tanning.. Lots of laying in the sun when it existed, and boogie boarding with my cousins was an absolute blast. Fireworks were something else though. Being away from home for the first time ever on Fourth Of July was so incredib...

Unforgettable. That's the word I chose to explain this entire summer. God has been shaking me like no other in ways I can't even explain so far and the best is still yet to come. So far I have been to the Smoky Mountains with Campus Life. I am currently in a car on my way to spend a week with my family in South Carolina at Myrtle Beach and I can't even say how nervous and excited I am for this trip. Hopefully a lot of good things will come out of this. Family is just something else and can possibly be one of the most frustrating but great things ever. This summer and the past few months has brought some tension in my house for sure especially between my parents and I. It hurts real bad but I can only hope for the best. Growing up really sucks. But, at the same time it's absolutely wonderful because God can use me more and more, I have a bigger voice and most of all more freedom. My first trip of the summer to the Smokies was absolutely amazing. It put me in awe over and...