bienvenidos

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. 

Explore. Dream. Discover.” 

-Mark Twain

College years are the best years of your life. Duh. Well, I want to be able to look back one day and remember them as clearly as possible. Not so I can dwell in the past, but so I can be thankful for how blessed I am in this stage of life. So why has it taken me so long to start a blog, you ask? Hmmm. Because I don’t really know what to talk about. I don’t jump off mountains, raise a crazy family, walk on red carpets, or do missions work in Africa. However, I do love my life. I have great friends, an even better family, and a perfect God. So hopefully one of these things can bring interest to someone somewhere!

I am not going to give an intense first-blog-biography. That’d be boring. So quick and easy – I grew up in the suburbs of Nashville with two younger brothers (Philip and Eric), a baby sister (Halli), and admirable parents for putting up with all of us.
I want my blog to not only be an outlet for my thoughts, but also an encouragement to my life. One of the most rewarding acts of life is to do something that takes courage. Just like Mr. Twain, I want to feel the liberation that comes from danger, discomfort, and becoming a difference. I will try and do things weekly that have taken me off my comfortable path. I hope these things, whether insignificant and brief or life changing, will arise positive effects: building experience, developing faith, and lots of fun. I welcome 2010 with arms wide open. 

This is my life in the trade winds.