Hello to all the beautiful people out there in the world—both those who I love and those who I have not had the fortune of meeting in person, but through my words in cyberspace. I apologize for not blogging in a long time. It is not due to a lack of desire or a lack of thought; in fact, there are so many constant emotions flowing from my heart to my brain and always a continual flow of ideas from my brain to my heart that I often do not know where to begin in the process of documenting it all. Of course, I always want to share all the beautiful things and disappointments too, but time is challenging, and with so much reading and writing for school, it can be a challenge to justify the time for personal reflection. And as for my academic life, it is an exciting time—albeit stressful and pressure-filled—as I (once again) apply to Doctoral programs this fall. It’s hard to believe two years have past since I went through this process and decided to pursue a Masters first. It’s scary, in a way, how fast it has all gone, and I am learning fast that life does not slow down….in fact, it speeds up very, very rapidly.

However, as it speeds up, our lives are no longer empty jars that we begin to fill with experiences, but with a jar that has many experiences where we pick and choose the experiences that seem relevant or important to use or reflect on.