Hello! I'm so glad you're here!

Whether we've been friends for a long time or we are just meeting now, you may not know that I struggled with homesickness during my freshman year of college. Even though many aspects of college were off to an awesome start (great school, good grades, playing on the volleyball team, loving friends and a supportive family), things were not clicking for me. I wanted to give up all the good and just go home - to everything that felt familiar and gave me comfort. I knew deep down that this was silly but I couldn't shake this feeling. Finally, I figured out what was missing: true faith and a relationship with God. I have always had a strong sense of faith (I have gone to Catholic schools all my life) but I had never really LIVED it. I had never had to because things always seemed to work out with just a little faith and a prayer. Once I focused on my faith more fully, got more serious (or maybe less serious) about prayer and realized all the good God had given me, everything changed. I was able to embrace the vulnerability I felt and was able to truly feel like I was never alone. This gave me the courage to face the changes in my life and to make the best of them. I was able to shift my whole outlook on life.  I had always been a positive person, but this brought me to another level. As I said before, my family and friends were super supportive of me during my struggles, but leaning on God and His promises was the key I needed to unlock the captivity of homesickness and to start enjoying life again. I have never looked at a day in my life the same since!