I feel like I've become quite the frequent here, I'm lovin it! So basically I just wanted to compose a quick little blog entry to let everyone know what I've been up to, whats going on in my life at the moment, and any other random tidbit of info that I feel like is appropriate for my spur of the moment blogging! I'm assuming there will be many random catch-up blogs like this one, so bare with me if you don't think as scatter-brained as I do ;)
So first things first, I have to fill you guys in on how everything with my seminar is going! I'm still stoked as ever to get the chance to work with these wonderful girls and the more I progress with it the more confident I find myself getting in it! There are sometimes when I worry about if their reactions differ than how I imagine them to be while preparing everything, but those worries are definitely overruled by my level of sheer excitement for everything to unravel. I've loved preparing it, I've loved promoting it and I'm positive that I'll love presenting it! ALSO OH, before I forget!! There's a possibility that I may get the awesome opportunity to teach my seminar from a different standpoint to a parenting class! This one would be different in that I would focus mainly on why it's important for parents to continue to give their daughters the love and support that they showered them with when they were younger, up until when they are preteens and essentially teenagers. I love this topic almost as much as I love the topic of speaking directly to these young girls! Also, I'm currently reading Reviving Ophelia right now (amazing amazing amazing book, tons of insight) and that's the main audience of the book, parents of adolescent girls. I admit, I look sort of silly reading it in public but I highly suggest it to anyone looking into the field of counseling/mentoring/volunteering with preteen-age and adolescent girls.
Speaking of strong girls, yet on a much different note, one of my closest friends recently found out that one of her closest friends was the passenger of a very serious car accident and I've heard is in intensive care. I won't give out the full details of what I heard happened because I personally do not know Amanda, but all I can say is that from what I heard, she is in a serious condition. Amanda is a strong, strong girl and I know plenty of people that hold this girl very close to their heart. I ask everyone to please keep Miss Amanda in your thoughts and prayers daily- believing and optimism is the key <3
One last thing that I wanted to blurb really quick on is something that's nearly impossible to blurb "quickly" on, but I figured I would attempt it ;) I just wanted to reiterate how truly amazing everyone in my life is. Seriously, without the strong support system, loving kind words and sweet gestures shown to me daily by so many people I wouldn't be where I am today. For every life I change, or at least have an impact on, in my lifetime I will never call it my own- it's all you. The people that believe in me, the people that bring out the good, the people that are determined to make me smile are truly the ones that have impacted me, therefore impacting someone else. It's a beautiful chain reaction so I encourage YOU to pass on the positivity! A smile, a compliment, a hug, anything! Let someone know how much they mean to you today, because you never know when the last time you'll be able to do that will be!
So here's my challenge to you: today (for the night owls. or tomorrow, because I am writing this a little late!) give out at LEAST five compliments to five different people. I promise you'd be shocked at how a little gesture can make a huge impact!!
stay strong loves, until next time! xxo
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
i'm beautiful in my way, cause God makes no mistakes ;)
So I have so extremely exciting news that I can't wait to share!! After meeting with many people much higher up than I am and staying persistent I've finally got a date set for my senior project empowering seminar!!! The seminar is directed for girls in the fifth grade (typically ages 10 & 11) and will be taking place at Carolina Beach Elementary School! Words cannot fully express how insanely excited I am to be speaking with these young women and working with them to find their inner power and pure joy within themself. I've found this time to be the most crucial in the mold of powerful women in society, for at this age girls are still young, growing and willing to learn. Anyway, the seminar will be taking place in the 4th of April so mark your calenders and send prayers and thoughts my way that the things I do and say on this day will have lasting impacts on these beautiful young girls! For the most part the seminar is closed off from the public but I'm calling for some volunteers and extra hands to make this run more smoothly too. All in all I'm just so stoked that this is coming together, there's so much still to do with only a week left! I couldn't be anymore excited though :)
stay strong loves! until next time :)
“I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a "transformer" in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.” -Stephen R. Covey ♥
stay strong loves! until next time :)
Thursday, March 24, 2011
#100factsaboutme (twitter addict!)
Hey yall :) So I don't know if I'm the only one, but I'm loving the 100factsaboutme hashtag on twitter! A lot of my followees (people I follow.. did I just make that word up? hahaha) are doing it and I'm learning a lot about them! I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and play along, but I actually liked thinking of the facts also! It's interesting when they're all out there like that. Last night I started it, but I probably won't actually finish it on twitter- instead, I thought I'd make a blog and come up with as many of them as I could! I posted about fifteen last night on my twitter so I'll repost them on here as well. I definitely won't finish it tonight but I'll continue to edit this blog entry as soon as I think of more semi-interesting facts about simple old me :P here we go!
[note: the first fifteen as I said previously are from twitter, with the 140 character limit!
I'm bound to elaborate more with the later ones;)]
1) I rarely watch tv, but I do watch Family Guy every chance I get. I also love To Catch A Predator & Intervention.
2)I've lived on the East Coast my entire life- I loveee it.
3) I'm obsessed with watching sports, which is mainly why I'm going to school for Sports Communication. ♥ college basketball ♥
4) I'm 5'2" but I wear heels and high shoes like wedges often. I wanna be talll, but I guess I'm fine with my height.
5) I don't have a boyfriend because I've yet to meet a guy with as big a heart as mine, that actually wants me in return.
6) I genuinely care about a lot more than I should, but I won't stop. I love to listen to people and be a shoulder to lean on.
7) With the previous fact being said, I definitely get walked on and used a LOT in my life. Guess I'll never learn ;p
8) I have 3 girls in my life that have kept me strong & laughing daily. They're my best friends & I'd never trade them.
9) Nearly no one follows me on twitter, but I love tweeting & updating :P haha
10) I always want things that I could never possibly have; I'm the biggest dreamer you will EVER meet, guaranteed.
11) I absolutely hated my teeth before braces, I would never smile. I hated it because I love smiling. Now I can all the time:)
12) I want to travel and make impacts on people's lives more than anything. I have a huge heart for children & young girls <3
13) I'm inwardly afraid that I'll never get married or grow up to have a family of my own. That's so devastating to me.
14) Besides that last fact, hahahah, I'm definitely a super optimistic person. No matter the situation, I assume the best.
15) I'm not as high-maintenance as I come off to be, it really doesn't take much to make me smile or make my day :)
16) I'm definitely the happiest in the summertime. During the summer life is always so carefree and beautiful.
17) If you know me, you know I have a fairly heavy accent for someone that grew up just in Wilmington, haha :P I blame my dad because he's from southern Georgia and as always had a pretty strong accent. I guess it just rubbed off on me growing up and stuck!
18) I absolutely love to read. I love picking up a book and getting completely lost in it for the moment.
19) I like to think of myself as a constant work in progress. I always try to better myself at nearly everything I do that I hold of importance in my life.
20) I've been performing on stage since I was around a year old, starting off with Baby Miss Pleasure Island. I just feel like performing is in my soul and I love being on stage.
21) I'm a people person, but it depends how comfortable I am around you. I've been told before that people think I'm mean before getting to know me, just because sometimes I don't immediately open up. I've gotten better though :)
22) I love every religion and believe strongly in happy coexistence! Everyone is entitled to their own belief.
23) I love mentoring and have worked with various programs to apply myself to that passion I have. I continue to do it for the rest of my life.
24) My parents are truly the best and fully reveal to me what true love really is. I'm so thankful that I have parents that stick together through everything and care so much about each other, I so hope that's me one day.
25) I work at the Coastal Tumble Gym working with tumbling and gymnastics. I love the people I work with about the amazing kids I get the opportunity to assist!
26) I spend a lot of time with younger kids through work, volunteering, mentoring, etc, and I have to admit that I would rather enjoy spending my day with them more often than I would with "grown ups" in the real world. They make my day :)
27) I'm a sucker for musicians. I'm not sure what it is but I love them. My daddy is a musician, so I guess it was something I was just brought up around. Also, something about a guy that has the ability to express himself like that I absolutely just love.
28) I have three holes in each of my earlobes pierced, but I only wear the traditional one every now and then. I would never get anything else pierced, mainly because I just don't think it's attractive, on me at least!
29) My past isn't perfect and I've had some rough patches that I've personally gone through, but I use those patches as tools to better my future daily. To me, that's the only way to do it.
30) I'm staying here in Wilmington for a few more years and going to college with my best friends :) but then I'm transferring to Clemson in South Carolina. It's bittersweet to think about it. Those are just my plans as of now, but who knows what can happen in two years ;)
- i'll continue to edit this, stay posted! :) xoxo
[note: the first fifteen as I said previously are from twitter, with the 140 character limit!
I'm bound to elaborate more with the later ones;)]
1) I rarely watch tv, but I do watch Family Guy every chance I get. I also love To Catch A Predator & Intervention.
2)I've lived on the East Coast my entire life- I loveee it.
3) I'm obsessed with watching sports, which is mainly why I'm going to school for Sports Communication. ♥ college basketball ♥
4) I'm 5'2" but I wear heels and high shoes like wedges often. I wanna be talll, but I guess I'm fine with my height.
5) I don't have a boyfriend because I've yet to meet a guy with as big a heart as mine, that actually wants me in return.
6) I genuinely care about a lot more than I should, but I won't stop. I love to listen to people and be a shoulder to lean on.
7) With the previous fact being said, I definitely get walked on and used a LOT in my life. Guess I'll never learn ;p
8) I have 3 girls in my life that have kept me strong & laughing daily. They're my best friends & I'd never trade them.
9) Nearly no one follows me on twitter, but I love tweeting & updating :P haha
10) I always want things that I could never possibly have; I'm the biggest dreamer you will EVER meet, guaranteed.
11) I absolutely hated my teeth before braces, I would never smile. I hated it because I love smiling. Now I can all the time:)
12) I want to travel and make impacts on people's lives more than anything. I have a huge heart for children & young girls <3
13) I'm inwardly afraid that I'll never get married or grow up to have a family of my own. That's so devastating to me.
14) Besides that last fact, hahahah, I'm definitely a super optimistic person. No matter the situation, I assume the best.
15) I'm not as high-maintenance as I come off to be, it really doesn't take much to make me smile or make my day :)
16) I'm definitely the happiest in the summertime. During the summer life is always so carefree and beautiful.
17) If you know me, you know I have a fairly heavy accent for someone that grew up just in Wilmington, haha :P I blame my dad because he's from southern Georgia and as always had a pretty strong accent. I guess it just rubbed off on me growing up and stuck!
18) I absolutely love to read. I love picking up a book and getting completely lost in it for the moment.
19) I like to think of myself as a constant work in progress. I always try to better myself at nearly everything I do that I hold of importance in my life.
20) I've been performing on stage since I was around a year old, starting off with Baby Miss Pleasure Island. I just feel like performing is in my soul and I love being on stage.
21) I'm a people person, but it depends how comfortable I am around you. I've been told before that people think I'm mean before getting to know me, just because sometimes I don't immediately open up. I've gotten better though :)
22) I love every religion and believe strongly in happy coexistence! Everyone is entitled to their own belief.
23) I love mentoring and have worked with various programs to apply myself to that passion I have. I continue to do it for the rest of my life.
24) My parents are truly the best and fully reveal to me what true love really is. I'm so thankful that I have parents that stick together through everything and care so much about each other, I so hope that's me one day.
25) I work at the Coastal Tumble Gym working with tumbling and gymnastics. I love the people I work with about the amazing kids I get the opportunity to assist!
26) I spend a lot of time with younger kids through work, volunteering, mentoring, etc, and I have to admit that I would rather enjoy spending my day with them more often than I would with "grown ups" in the real world. They make my day :)
27) I'm a sucker for musicians. I'm not sure what it is but I love them. My daddy is a musician, so I guess it was something I was just brought up around. Also, something about a guy that has the ability to express himself like that I absolutely just love.
28) I have three holes in each of my earlobes pierced, but I only wear the traditional one every now and then. I would never get anything else pierced, mainly because I just don't think it's attractive, on me at least!
29) My past isn't perfect and I've had some rough patches that I've personally gone through, but I use those patches as tools to better my future daily. To me, that's the only way to do it.
30) I'm staying here in Wilmington for a few more years and going to college with my best friends :) but then I'm transferring to Clemson in South Carolina. It's bittersweet to think about it. Those are just my plans as of now, but who knows what can happen in two years ;)
- i'll continue to edit this, stay posted! :) xoxo
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