When I was accepted to be a student at my alma mater in the winter of 2007, I was the least bit concerned with “leaving a legacy.” I was more concerned with getting out of high school scott-free and being able to have a good time, away, at college, while also earning a degree. I …
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Emerson.
Let’s start this with a question. If you don’t openly and vulnerably engage in conversation with others, how do you ever grow? And then, let’s say their experiences are different than yours, or they disagree with you? Isn’t that a monumental opportunity to try and think from their perspective? The best, most robust, vivid, and …
Baba Nam Kevalam: love is all there is.
It’s taken be a bit of time to get all of this put into words. Here it is though… It was July 2013. That was the first time I met Phyllis and Clark. I never thought that two years later, after meditating with them for the first time, I would have to come to terms …
Hands on, Minds on.
With it being “orientation season” at VT, many people have been asking me questions…from current orientation leaders to rising freshman (“first-year”) students. A few years ago, I had the opportunity to partake in this wonderful video about a hike to the Cascades that my friends helped me do. I wanted to share the video here …
Home is where the heart is.
It was more than two years ago that, for the first time ever, a Facebook status made me tear up. “As I drive out of Blacksburg tonight, I leave behind my one true love… Virginia Tech. Don’t worry sweetheart, I’ll be back again someday and I know you’ll always be waiting for me.” My friend …
Well, we made it back in 1 piece!
Here’s to a very successful Eta Alpha Alumni Weekend at Smith Mountain Lake to celebrate July 4th, 2015! We are hoping to make this a semi annual thing; it was absolutely wonderful to be a little disconnected, on the lake, in a little country town with some of the best, most entertaining, easy-going people you’ve …
Life-changing: Firefly 2015.
[pullquote]”And in this particular case of crowd surfing, it also would not have been possible if not for the AMAZING strangers in the rows in front of us, willing to throw their bodies into support into allowing a man to cross something that had been on his bucket list, and thought may never come off …
Pops 2 is open!
Earlier this season I wrote a restaurant review about one of my new favorite spots in DC: Pleasant Pops. I’m very happy to share that their new location is now open! It’s just around the corner from the McPherson Square Metro stop – so it’s nice to have Pleasant Pops on my way to work …