To Parents: College Students Home for Christmas?
Back in fall 1992 when I was a college freshman, I remember anticipating that first Christmas holiday break with excitement as well as dread. On the one hand, I couldn’t wait for the semester to be over, for exams to be over, for the stress of the academics to be over—at least until the new…
This is Home…?
When I first left TN for Impact, I was positive for homesickness. Desperately so. I longed for my family, for the familiar places, even for the grocery stores I knew. I wanted to go home. Yet the longer I stayed in Pine Mountain, the more I started to refer to this place as “home.” The dorms…
Peace | Finding Peace in 2020
I have always been a bit of a “word nerd”. Ever since I was a young child, I’ve loved learning about etymology, language, and expanding vocabulary. For someone like me, this time of year is wonderful for many reasons. Christmas is wonderful. Celebrating the new year is wonderful (perhaps a little extra wonderful this year,…
