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Laken James
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Mar 29, 2020

How My Season Came To An Abrupt End

How My Season Came To An Abrupt End We had one more game left in our regular season and then for the real fun. Playoffs. We sat tied for first in our league and were prepared to make a run deep into the playoffs. My family and friends would ask…

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Mar 17, 2020

Colosseum, Coffee, and Coronavirus

There’s two things I just can’t pass up… a good deal and a trip to Italy. So when I come across a 35 euro round trip ticket to Rome. I. Just. Had. To. The combination of the two was just impossible to turn down, even in the mix of an…

Corona

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Corona

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Feb 13, 2020

Many “Firsts”

The Glory Days — I grew up with just two brothers but our house always seemed to be bursting at the seams with kids. After my youngest brother was born my mom decided to stay home. She discovered working at a bank stole too much time away from raising us kids and so she…

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Many “Firsts”
Many “Firsts”

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Jan 27, 2020

Mamba

5..4..3..2.. The clock ticks down, you give a little shimmy of the shoulders and you fade away, shooting that old assignment into the trash can over two of your classmates. As the paper floats through the air you shout “Kobe”. This displays the confidence and assurance that it was going…

Basketball

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Mamba
Mamba
Basketball

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Jan 1, 2020

Why Do We Celebrate the New Year?

Past, Present, and Future I’m a big advocate on living in the present. Life is more fulfilling when you are focused on the now. Slow down and enjoy the little things that are going on around you. Like for real, stop and smell the damn roses because life is pretty…

Productivity

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Why Do We Celebrate the New Year?
Why Do We Celebrate the New Year?
Productivity

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Dec 20, 2019

The Best Kind of Coffee Dates

Do you have a friend that will always be one of your best friends regardless of how much you actually see each other? You know like the High School friend that you used to give your parents hell with? You could hangout everyday and never get bored. Attached at the…

Travel

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The Best Kind of Coffee Dates
The Best Kind of Coffee Dates
Travel

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Dec 9, 2019

Perfect Palermo

“The game is cancelled this weekend” I don’t like free time. Okay, correction.. I actually love free time. I love having free time and then taking every free moment I have and filling it up. So therefore I never have free time. So does that mean I love free time…

Travel

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Perfect Palermo
Perfect Palermo
Travel

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Nov 28, 2019

The Power of Being Thankful

It was 00.30 (12:30am another fun European thing is using military time) and I was sitting on the train coming back from my day exploring in Frankfurt. The train ride, Frankfurt to Bad Homburg, is about 30 minutes so I figured perfect time to listen to my Audiobook (I have…

Thanksgiving

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The Power of Being Thankful
The Power of Being Thankful
Thanksgiving

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Nov 20, 2019

Hallo aus Deutschland familie und freunde!

I have had an unbelievable amount of support these past few weeks while I get myself settled into my new home in Germany. All your goodbyes and good lucks meant the world to me. So first off THANK YOU! …

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