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"I was dream too afraid to dream without you But now I want to chase the daylight Like it's the last day of my life I want to run Hide myself in the sun and feel all these fears Melt away And I will never look back no I will never look back I'm gonna live this life Chasing the daylight" I want to chase the daylight every single day of my life. My past has shaped me, but will never define me. Therefore, I always push forward, chasing every drop of goodness and sunshine that I can acquire. We've each been bought with a price and been given a precious life...how can we possibly go through it, wasting it, by being a prisoner to our past or being afraid of our future? I encourage everyone reading this to push themselves out of the darkness and chase after the daylight like it's the last day of his life. You won't regret it. But who's the you in those lyrics above? The you is Jesus. He gives you the freedom, the peace, and the capablities to chase after the daylight. Each day Jesus holds out his pierced hands to us, begging us to come to Him and experience the life-giving Grace He freely gives. Accept that Grace and then chase the Daylight. Never look back. Hide in the sun and let all of your fears melt away.

Because of this outlook on life, I'm able to do what this website is all about...Write. I've read since I can remember. A story I fondly tell is the time when I didn't have any books available to read, so I settled for sitting in the back of my grandpa's pick-up truck, reading the truck manual. I've always read whatever I can get my hands on. It's curiousity, passion, and a desire to escape reality that has connected me to reading. My love of reading led me to writing. I wanted to be capable of creating an escape and satisfying the curiousity of people just like me. People who get lost in words on paper. This led to my love of learning and teaching. I love to study and share what it is that I learn while studying. I want to travel the world and learn as much as possible and share stories of what I've learned. I want to live a life worth telling stories about. Those stories come out in my writing; which is why you'll find many of my posts on here to be revealing and telling of a truth that I've learned. Life lessons I suppose you could call them. But I do hope you enjoy them, and please, leave feedback! It'll mean a lot. And I'll most definetely return the favor of reading and leaving feedback :)

Though my plans have changed dramatically before, I plan on majoring in Journalism. It's an extremely versatile career. Photographic journalism, writing for a newspaper or magazine, freelance writing, experience for writing books, editing, experience in working with people, teaching journalism, and so much more. I'll be honest, I've tried to escape writing and seek out a different major, but nothing else has quite captured my heart as journalism has. The idea of traveling, exploring, discovering, sharing, writing, expresion and versatility just captures me like nothing else can. And I'm glad for that. I'm grateful that I can turn a passion into a career. My desire is that my passion will come out in my writing. Isn't that what writing is about though? Expressing yourself through words? Well I hope that by reading this profile and my posts that you will learn who I am.

Up to this point in my life, I've learned a lot. I feel I should share a few of the things I've learned...because if I hadn't learned these things, I wouldn't be who I am today...

-I'm free. I'm free to be me, to dream, to live a life worth telling stories about, to work hard, to push myself beyond my "capabilities," to reject fear, to rely solely on God, to make a world of my own, to make mistakes, to laugh, to love with everything I have, to wish on stars, to pray, to dance. We're all free.

-“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” -Mark Victor Hansen

-"The world is a playground. Kids know that, but then they forget; I just didn't forget" (Yes Man...amazing movie) I'm one of the ones who haven't forgotten that. I love going on adventures and exploring and finding new things. I'll usually always try new things, unless it involves food; I'm picky about food. Life's too short to not try new things. Forgive quickly. Never regret. Find the people you miss. Don't settle for less; wait for the best. Go for your biggest dream always. Discover.

-I usually spend every morning with God. He defines me; He's what makes me the person I'm supposed to be. Without Him, I'm nothing appealing at all. I love who I am with Him and I hate who I am without Him. He's saved me every day of my life and I'll never be able to express how much I love Him for it.

And of course one of my most important sections...Favorite books: Pride and Prejudice (all time favorite); Kirk Cameron's Autobiography (changed my life's perspective, second all time favorite); Left Behind (kid) series; House; Skin; Thr3e; The Secret Garden; Beowulf; Harry Potter series; The Da Vinci code; Silas Marner; Julius Caesar; the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series...all amazing books :)

Any questions? comments? anything at all? Then feel free to contact me :)