• Adventure,  Life,  theatre,  Think,  Travel

    I Am Not A Tree

    β€œIf you don’t like where you are, MOVE. You are not a tree.” -Jim Rohn This quote has always spoke to me. Travel is something that intrigues so many, driving them to start something new, see something new, experience something new. At this point in my life, in my late 20’s, many of my friends are going through what you might call a quarter-life-crisis, not being happy where they are, not liking their job or living situation. For me, I couldn’t wait to get out of the suburbs of Chicago when I was 18 and experience…Kirksville, Missouri. Though some might go somewhere more exciting for college, I loved K-Vegas and…

  • Life,  theatre

    Performing

    A tall, big, and blue eyed girl with long brown hair and bangs is walking through her parents front yard, deep in her own imagination, singing β€œPart of Your World” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid unabashedly, snaps back to reality when her neighbor and older friend Lena comes over demanding they prepare for their upcoming show. They run over to Lena’s backyard, boom box in hand, ready for their trampoline choreography rehearsal. Soon, their tickets sell out and they are featured in a newspaper for their accomplishments in the local lemonade and performance business in order to acquire every Backstreet Boy paraphernalia known to man. ​​I wish I could say…