Finding the Pieces

The story of how a lost boy found home

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  • Unfiltered: Breaking Barriers and Nerding Out

    Tonight I decided that I needed to clean my desk before I got any internship work done. Like all of my other big projects, this turned into about seven smaller projects, but at least this time I actually finished most of them. All I wanted to do was put the scattered papers into a neat…

  • Growing Pains: It’s Okay to Not be Okay

    I need to be honest about something: I’m not always okay. For the most part I try to keep a positive mindset, especially in this blog and on YouTube. Even when things are a little hard, I try to find something positive. Many of my close friends half-joke that I could be covered in boils,…

  • Balance is a Tricky Thing

    Apparently I have a problem with balance. I’m not talking about physical balance and the ability to not fall over on a daily basis, though I do occasionally struggle with that kind of balance as well. The kind of balance I’m talking about is life balance (if that wasn’t a thing before, I’m making it…

  • Finding Home: Decisions, Goodbyes, and Calming Assurance

    When I was about eight years old I told my parents that I was going to be a missionary some day and live in some exciting country that was not America. To be fair, this happened about three days after throwing a going away party for family friends who were leaving to enter the mission…

  • Staying Accountable: Losing Weight One Failure or Success at a Time

    I know I’ve mentioned this in just about every single post I’ve written about losing weight, but I’m going to say it again: losing weight is not easy. So, now that we’ve got that out of the way, I’m going to tell you a little secret. There is something that can make losing weight, or…

  • The Cost to Breathe

    I’m not usually one to complain, at least I try not to be. But a few nights ago I had a conversation with my mom that we’ve had more than once, and every time I’m left with a wall of tears begging to be released from behind my eyes. You see, a few years ago…

  • Just Eat Real Food: Losing Weight One Failure or Success at a Time

    If you are trying to lose weight, chances are you’ve found that there are about six million diet plans that are supposed to be the diet plan for you. To narrow that number down, just ignore any of the plans that propose you eat some strange food over and over until you turn purple, anything that asks…

  • YouTube: Where Content is King, Not the Corporate Label

    This last semester I presented an essay at my school’s scholar conference about YouTube as a cultural text. I’m actually still surprised that my professor let me write the paper on YouTube, and I think that essay will probably go down as one of my favorite written pieces thus far in my college career. I…

  • Out of the Comfort Zone: Building a House for Habitat for Humanity

    If you happened to read last night’s post, you will remember that I talked about how I sometimes need to remind myself that I am an introvert and need a little bit of alone time to recharge my social batteries. One thing that I also mentioned was that even though I do need that alone…

  • Sometimes I Just Need to be an Introvert

    Two years ago I was completely fine with being alone. I was completely okay with going to class, taking notes quietly at my desk in the corner of the room, walking to my car and driving to work where I sat at a desk and didn’t have to be a social wizard. I was okay…