Anniversary Effect (n.) – uncomfortable feelings, thoughts, and memories that resurface on or around the anniversary of an event. I know, I know. It’s been a while, Blog. I’ve missed you and don’t begin to think for a second that I’ve forgotten about you. Things have been really good over here in Southern Maine. Vaccines, […]
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Becoming Your Best Self
I love bettering myself. What’s the point of life if not to grow as a human and to become the very best you can be? For me, that looks like a lot of different things: becoming more efficient, managing my time better, eating healthier, being fit, reducing my carbon footprint, etc. I’ve watched documentaries, collected […]
The Final Season (and its profound impact on me)
Arguably the thing that I’m most proud of in my short, twenty-two-year-long life, is the 2019 Slippery Rock Women’s soccer team. It was a culmination of four years’ worth of effort rewriting the culture, restructuring the expectations, and redefining our values. By no means was this a one-woman show and definitely not a one-year feat […]
On Leadership: My Awakening
In the past few weeks, I’ve been busy with school and work and honestly, things have been pretty good. Hope is alive and well (especially following the inauguration and vaccine dissemination), I’m looking forward to a future that isn’t limited by COVID, and I finally am getting my hands on a hoodie that is strangely […]
Year in Review
I hated 2020. It took so much from me: stripped me of my identity, removed me from the people I love, sent me back home prematurely and then gave me nothing but time, forcing me to think about all that I had lost. It sucked. It led to a lot of really rough days and […]
The Journey of Rediscovery
I’ll never forget the first time that I played against Ciera. We were ten and playing town travel soccer. Falmouth was playing Windham, who were renowned for being taller, faster, and way better at soccer than we were. I watched this girl with two different cleats smash a ball from half-field over the goal – […]
The Rocky Road Here
As I prepare to write this post, I know it’s going to be a longer one and I don’t necessarily know if it’ll be a popular one. While I aim (keyword – aim) to write an article a week, I try not to force the words. It’s unsurprisingly easier writing when you don’t have to, […]
The Teamwork That’s Made This Girl’s Dream Work
My mom and I were talking the other day about making the best of what we have and just how happy I am that I took that leap of faith and created this blog. What’s been so special about it, is the integration of my people. All of them. From all walks of my short, […]
I’m Not Sure What to Call This One
Blog, it’s been a while! Today’s article is more of a check-in and less of a themed, thought provoking piece. Life offline in the past month has been brutal, whether it was the emotional stress of being in a global pandemic for 8 months, having a family member struggling with dementia, getting used to less […]
Once a Physical Athlete, Always a Mental Athlete
Being a successful athlete looks like a lot of different things: DII collegiate soccer player, marathon runner, avid hiker, DIII football player, golfer, the list goes on. No matter where you excel, you have something that sets you apart from those that are unable to do what you do. When we’re children, athletic ability or […]