Writer's Block

Writing these blogs is nothing new to me. Our officer team was elected last May. There are six of us, and we rotate writing every six weeks, producing one blog a week. I know my spot in the rotation. It’s written in my planner. We remind each other who’s week is coming up at our […]

Lessons from the Passenger Seat

As a child, I grew up within the city limits of Salina. Though I enjoyed playing with the neighbors, riding bikes with my dad around the block, and drawing with chalk on the sidewalk, my favorite place to be was on the outskirts of Jewell, Kansas. There, my mother’s parents, my grandparents, lived on the […]

Legends in Blue Jackets

I hope everyone’s FFA Week was as amazing and inspiring as mine was. As I slipped my blue jacket on on Monday I got the familiar chills I do every time I wear the corduroy. This time felt a little different. My imagination flashed to all the people that had worn the jacket before me. […]

Find Your Home

With the freezing temperatures and snowy weather, we are all getting more time at home lately. Schools are cancelling, roads are being closed and we are stuck at home curled up in a blanket watching it all happen. One of my favorite quotes is “Home is not a place… it’s a feeling.” So, although we […]

Making a Mental Scrapbook

Let’s paint a picture: Christmas morning 2011, the last present opened is a camera. Not just any camera, a light blue digital camera. It was the present from my dreams when I was 10. Keeping pictures for scrapbooks is a tradition in my family. It can seem like it is against the family law if […]

Attempting to Impress

As a small child I, like many others, did as many things as possible to get my parents to pay close attention to me or be impressed. Sometimes this came in the form of talent shows in the living room, drawings that I hoped to have hung on the fridge, or cleaning my room by […]

Running with Scissors

At some point in our lives we hear the advice to not run with scissors. Typically, we first heard this statement in our kindergarten classroom when our teacher was attempting to keep injuries minimal during arts and crafts time. No matter how many times it was repeated to not run with scissors, the majority of […]