Author Archives: lanningw

It’s crazy how much in the last year has changed. I actually committed myself to lose weight, I created a blog, and I actually almost have all A’s for my senior year of high school. Although, out of everything, I am more proud of losing weight than anything else. I have always hated my body.Continue reading “It’s Not About the Jelly”

Do you remember when you were a kid and you would go shell hunting? Well I don’t know about you, but I remember that all I wanted to find was a perfect sand dollar. Long story short, I never found that perfect sand dollar, only mismatched halves and quarters. As I look back on thatContinue reading “Broken Shells, Broken Pieces”

One thing all of you readers out there should know about me is that I am not a morning person. If you catch me at the wrong time a day without me having some black tea or coffee, I am not fun to deal with. However, I woke up at 5:30 am in order toContinue reading “We Don’t Always Get What We Wished For”

As a kid, did you ever find a fallen tree such as this one and walk across it like a balance beam? Well if you haven’t than let me tell you that it is exhilarating. You feel as if you had climbed the highest mountain or you explored the deepest depths of the sea. BasicallyContinue reading “Walking on a Balance Beam”

I had first heard “As delicate as a flower” during a simile lesson in my 2nd grade English class. At the time, it felt normal to say that a girl was “As delicate as a flower”, but now I’ve become to despise the phrase. In my mind the phrase means that a girl (or woman)Continue reading “As Delicate as a Flower”

If you are like me in any way than you must love the beach. The ocean is a break from reality, a place where I can separate my crazy life to one that is peaceful and calm. My crazy life. The world where I was constantly running to and fro babysitting, dog sitting, working, volunteering,Continue reading “The Wonders of the Ocean”

As I stand in the crossroads of the woods, divided by a single tree, I am reminded of the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. If you haven’t read or heard it it is about a person deciding between two choices, and as his deciding which choice he has to make he examinesContinue reading “The Road Less Traveled O”