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Cherished Blog Fest: How an iPod Shaped My Life
I guess I’d have to say that my most cherished possession (other than my Bible) would be the one I lose the most: my 5th generation iPod Nano in cobalt blue. I got it the summer before 9th grade in 2009, and I can feel the nostalgia as I write this. Even though I’ve lost it more times than I can count, it somehow never fails to find me. I would lie awake at night dreaming of celebrity crushes while listening to Jewel or Norah Jones. During the summer my grandma had open heart surgery and my first love left me, I remember listening to “Colorblind” by Counting Crows and…
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Hope–A Letter to Myself at 16
Dear Emily at Sixteen, Hey girl, it’s your twenty-one going on twenty-two year old self–the “older, wiser self” you’ll constantly wonder about in the future. I just want you to know that it’s okay, you’re going to make it. That boy you love–the one you’re clinging on to so desperately–he will shatter your heart into a million little pieces. It’s okay; it will hurt more than anything you’ve felt in a long time, but you will be okay. There is beauty in the breaking, and in it you will find true love and life. And yes, you will fall in love again. And you will get your heart broken–a few…
Helping Women Find Their Identity in the One Who Gave All for Them
