simple i miss you.

This guy graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill.

This guy will be my future dentist.

This guy just recently got married.

This guy currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

This guy is my cousin.

This guy is one my favorite people.

This guy is my idol.

This guy I love and miss tons.

This guy helped me throughout high school, by telling me what to take.

This guy is simply amazing.

This guy was one that I took many beach trips with.

This guy knows how to brighten up the room.

This guy is one that I wish would hurry up and move back down to North Carolina.

This guy has a strong love for Christ.

This guy has the same birthday as my mom.

This guy is one that I haven't seen in a while.

This guy is Daniel Wayne Driskill.

I miss you! 

Please come home soon!

I love you!

taken at his UNC graduation dinner.

simple childlike faith

I believe I am going to start doing a weekly blog about this group I attend on Mondays called "I Am Second".

Each week we gather at "The Villa", and we sit around and watch a video about someone's life and how they came to Christ. We read a piece of scripture that pertains to that video, and talk about our personal experiences with that scripture/video or what we liked about it. Sometimes we may talk about what confused us and get a deeper meaning than what is written. Afterwards we then make an attainable commitment to do that week. It could be anything from sharing the video with someone that you know to even making a deeper connection with Christ. 

This week my commitment was to start sharing this group and our discussions with the blogger world each week and to be nicer to my roommate by leaving her a small little sticky note everyday on her side of the room.

So this week we watched a video from Bailee Madison. She starred in Bridge to Terabithia and some other movies. She is at least 12 and she has such a passion for Christ. She is so lively and lightens up the room, which we all believe is amazing because that is what God wants us to do in life.

The scripture for this week was from Mark 10:13-16.

"And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, 'Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.' And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them."

I suggest watching this.

I am very excited to share with you guys the discussions from our group each week. 

Have a great rest of the week!

simple mother daughter day.

Today this amazing lady came to Charlotte to spend the day with me.

It was so good to see her. I hadn't had a mother daughter day with her in a long time and it was to be able to do what we pleased. 

We started the day out by going to Olive Garden, probably our most favorite restaurant, where we had some wonderful salad, breadsticks (my absolute favorite thing there), and pasta.

Afterwards we headed to Concord Mills to do some small shopping. I was on the search for this cute little jacket, but failed at finding it. 

Thank you mom for EVERYTHING that you do for me. I love you beyond words and I'm so blessed to have you as my mom. I miss you already and I will see you in 2 short weeks! :)

simple visit home.

I want to apologize for not blogging in the longest time. 

With college being new to me and having a job, I haven't had much time to even think about it.

But I do love UNC-Charlotte. It's amazing beyond words, and even though I do miss home, I can definitely call Charlotte my home away from home. 

Anyways this past weekend I went home for a 4 day weekend with my parents and friends. I think I will just give you a day to day summary of what went down when I visited good old Pilot Mountain.

Friday:

After waking up and packing all that I could into my car, I went to my class of the day, Chemistry. Once that was over, I started the drive back home. It was shorter than what I thought it would be, which was pretty good, cause I am not a fan of long drives. I finally pull into my driveway at 3:30 going on 4. I was greeted at the door by my sweetest puppy ever, Rosie. She was more than thrilled that I had come home and was jumping all over the place. I then was able to get my stuff unpacked out of my car and into my bedroom. I laid around for a little bit then went and got the bestfriends, Aerika and Ashley, for a dinner date. It was so good to be able to catch up with them and it felt like I had never left Pilot. We just picked up like we hadn't seen each other for a few days and just talked to no end. After dropping them off, I went back to the house to hang out with the parents. 

Saturday:

After waking up and getting ready, I headed to King to my aunt's house for her yardsale that she was having. She had so much stuff that she was selling and mom bought me this awesome little pearl ring from her. I left there around lunch time to go ride around Pilot/Westfield with my buddy from Coach Hill's class last year. I got to catch up with him and it was so good to talk to him about everything. He even showed me some shortcuts that I didn't even realize existed! Once I got home, I got ready and went to the car show with my aunt, her husband, and mother. We went and ate at Soppers which was absolutely delicious. We walked the length of main street and I saw people that I haven't seen in a while. It was good to be able to see everyone in Pilot.

Sunday:

After going to church and eating with my grandma, I sat down to do the mound of homework that needed doing before I came back to Charlotte, while watching football, aka my favorite sport ever. Mom then set to work on my home cooked meal that she wanted to prepare. She made everything that I love and invited my brother, his family, and the bestfriend over to help us eat it. Of course whenever me and my brother are around each other, there will not be a dull moment. We just can't allow it. After my brother and his family left, me and the bestfriend rode all over Pilot and went to Wendys for some frosties. That night was spent making videos and passing out to a movie. 

Monday:

The day that I had to come back to my 2nd home. After taking the bestfriend back home I met mother for breakfast and some Labor Day weekend shopping. We had a good ole time just browsing around and finding some pretty awesome sales. We even got to catch up and have a heart to heart (can ya tell that we are close). Before leaving I went out to eat with the bestfriend and some hilarious guys. It was good to see them and catch up on everything. 

It was amazing to come home and catch up/see everybody. I had truly missed Pilot Mountain but I was certainly glad to be heading back to Charlotte. I'm so thankful that God has placed such amazing people in my life that know how to make me laugh til I'm crying, and to have fun doing nothing.

Here are some pictures from my weekend:

simple charlotte1one

Today I had to say goodbye to all my friends and family in small little Pilot and say hello to the queen city.
I was very upset. It was extremely hard to say goodbye to everyone. I pretty much cried the entire drive down to Charlotte. I had to leave my bed, cat, dog, parents, brother, and friends earlier than expected because I have a job and had to come down for training. 
Anyways by the time I arrived to Charlotte and to the apartment that I would be staying at for the next couple of days, I was depressed. I'm so thankful that my friend/person who hired me for my job took me out to downtown Charlotte. We went to this amazing little Christian gathering called Charlotte1One. It was so inspirational and I felt like I had a closer connection to God. The speaker had a wonderful sermon about our calling in the world. He quoted some amazing scripture which helped me to better understand his wonderful grace.
I just want to thank Carrie for helping me tonight, introducing me to some very inspirational people, and taking me to Charlotte1One. It was simply amazing.

This is their website.  http://charlotteone.org/ 
You need to visit it:).

simple explanations.

Yes, I have been MIA.
Yes, I have been super busy.
Yes, this is my last week of summer before I move to the Queen City.
Yes, I have explanations.

First off I have been getting everything ready for my big move on the 19th. From getting storage supplies, to planning how exactly I am transferring everything to Charlotte, my time has been spent with dorm supplies, and asking my brother to help me move :). I also have a job while down there, which I am rather excited about! The new job has caused me to leave Pilot to go down on the 16th for training, but I can't officially move in until the 19th. Either way I am excited and nervous about living on my own!

Secondly, I played my last official softball tournament with a group of amazing girls. They have formed a tight knit family and I couldn't ask for a more awesome team to end my softball career with. I will never forget the memories made with these lovely ladies and of course I will never forget the ladies! They made me laugh beyond tears, with picking on Hayley, but either way they are hilarious. Thank you Carolina Stars for being apart of the end of my softball career. I thank God that he has introduced you guys into my life, and I promise I will never forget all the insiders and memories that were made on and off the field. I love each and every one of you ladies and I will miss you beyond words next year.

simple movie love.

Tonight me and the best friend went to see this movie.

I absolutely LOVED it! Yeah, it was the cheesy romance type of movie but I love those types, along with the gory and action filled ones. They are awesome in their own little ways.

But back to the movie tonight.

The movie began with these two people Jamie (played by Mila Kunis) and Dylan (played by Justin Timberlake) who were dumped by others and filled with bad emotions about relationships. Jamie and Dylan meet each other when Jamie talks Dylan into moving to New York for a job. Their friendship takes off from there. They confide in each other about everything going wrong in their life and find out that they have been hurt and "emotionally damaged" by other people. They just want the friendship that had the benefits along with it but no emotions. Of course that can only work for so long. Jamie tells Dylan that she wanted that type of relationship that was like a fairytale where the guy would run to prevent her from doing something and would pour his heart out to her in front of a bunch of people. Of course Dylan is too scared for things to get intimate between them, so when he takes Jamie to meet his family, he realizes that he doesn't want to be friends with benefits anymore and says those hurtful things to Jamie. She hears this and runs away. When they see each other again they have that big fight and show each other that they do care about the other but don't want to show it. Once Dylan realizes that he does want to have a real relationship with Jamie, he has messed up so he provides her with the fairytale that she always wanted. 

I love watching these movies, even though you can pretty much guess what's going to happen next. It makes you dream that this is the type of relationship that you want. To have that prince charming to come and "sweep you off your feet" is something I have always wanted. Of course this only happens in movies. But I do dream that one day there will be a guy that will love me for me and not take advantage of me. For now though, I will just enjoy life and I know that one guy will come one day.

But that's enough of me ranting about movie love. Goodnight :).