I knew my year on Ed Board was going to be rough.

I’m not sure I knew how rough. I don’t think I envisioned naps in the office or crying on a production night. I don’t think I realized I wouldn’t be capable of putting The Appalachian out of my mind. I don’t think I expected it to have such a negative effect on my outside friendships, and I don’t think I understood the sheer amount of time I was going to spend in Plemmons Student Union 217. Continue reading →

You are a human being and, try as you might to avoid it, you’re going to love someone sooner or later.

I know. It’s rough.

So the time is going to come when you’ve opened your heart to that person, or that group of people, or that place, you’ve let them break down the walls around your heart and you’ve let yourself love them.

And then you’re going to have to leave. Continue reading →

My freshman year of college, I had a quote taped to the bookshelves on my desk. Blue sticky note, red pen. Just a scrawl, nothing fancy.

It said, “Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” Continue reading →