Friday Night Lights

     As humans, we live by schedules. Mine this fall have included the following things on a Friday night. 5:30 – go to taco bell with the squad, 6 – meet the senior girls in the parking lot to paint faces, 6:45 – go to the game. This has been a very constant thing in my life and last Friday was the last time I will ever get to do it. I am saddened by this fact. This thing that I have been doing will no longer be the way it has always been. Sure, next year I will be going to The Grove and tailgating before the games but it is not the same. I have had more fun this football season than I have any other year. On our second to last and last games I took some videos. I feel like it is a great representation of what our student section has become. The first few clips of us in the pink is from the Winston game. The red clips are from our homecoming. Also, a huge congratulations to our football team for making it to playoffs! To all the students that participated this year in the student section, the senior class and I would personally like to thank you for backing up our football team with us and letting us get to have so much fun this season. I welled up while making this video thinking about all the good memories of the season. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and will for years to come. Now lets get ready for basketball season.

Thanks for reading!!!

XOXO, Emma Rose

Homecoming 2015

Happy Homecoming Heritage! Its been an exciting week. This is the 51st year of Heritage Academy and we celebrated in style. This years dress up days were Halloween, Career, and red, white, and blue. For the first day I was Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) from Breakfast at Tiffany's. On career day we were encouraged to really be what we wanted to when we get older. I was a mom. The last dress up day I received a text that said this is the last dress up day that I will ever have at Heritage. So, here we go with the last again. Last homecoming as a student. I'm sure some day I will fly my private jet back down to Columbus for homecomings. However, it did make me tear up. Life is moving so fast. But I am looking forward to what the future holds. Go pats! Beat Indianola! Thanks for reading!
XOXO, Emma Rose

Wednesday Adams and Audrey Hepburn

Audrey and Rosie the Riveter 

Just doing mom things

another one of my children  

personal farmer

Nurse for my child

lovely ladies

old squad

the realest love of them all

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class of 2016

Fall Retreat

     Let me tell you, I love nothing more than cold weather, great friends, and praising Jesus. This years fall retreat was absolutely one for the books. I could not have envisioned a better way to experience the love of God. For those of you who are not aware, fall retreat is a trip that my youth group takes annually. It is usually held early in October. We travel to different camps and spend a weekend relaxing and praising God. This year we went to Timber Creek Camp. Timber Creek is my absolute favorite camp in the world. I promise it's as close to heaven as you can get. We all brought our eno hammocks and set them up in what was later named enotopia. It was truly a sight to see. This retreat was also student led. Our youth group started a youth council this summer. I am fortunate enough to be on it. The theme of this retreat was Mask. We all have them. We talked about how we can take them off and shared a little bit about our own mask. I can truly say that this weekend was as close to perfect as you can get. It reassured me that no one is asking me to be perfect and that its okay to not be okay. Sometimes, in today's society, we tend to put on this mask. For some it may be a mask of perfection, of being okay when in reality you are absolutely broken, or something as small as a mask of happiness. We all wear them and if you think about it, it is stupid that we do. God made us to be a beautiful and wonderful person. We should embrace that with all that we are. However I cannot say that I felt this way before this weekend. The whole week before I had a rough week. I was sick and very bogged down with the constant talk of college. But going to fall retreat and being surrounded with a bunch of beautiful souled people made every day of pain and heartache okay. Life is hard sometimes but IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. I am so blessed beyond belief in so many ways. My youth group is just one of those many blessings. My prayer for all of you is that you will take off your mask and realize that God will love you no matter what. You are loved.

Below is a compilation of pictures and videos from over the weekend. So make sure you watch until the end ;)

Thanks for reading!!!

XOXO, Emma Rose