I'm in College Y'all

     Ok so I apologize for the lack of posting. However, I am back and so excited to tell y'all about my first month and a half of college. Having a little bit of a rocky start was so worth the amount of laughs and excitement I have already had while being here. I have already met girls who I know without a shadow of a doubt will be my best friends for the rest of my life. Classes are difficult and there are no off days. But the naps are plentiful, the food is good, and the friendships are the best.  So we moved in and had our room perfectly set up and it is the best thing ever. Our room is the hub for our wing of the floor. It is where everyone hangs out and the popcorn overfloweth.
     As far as school goes classes are going well. There have been a few different breakdowns but everything is smooth sailing. I have 390 people in my psychology class which is super overwhelming plus the teacher wrote the book he teaches on. But I love my journalism class and my writing class.

     I love being able just to have so many friends and never have a dull moment. In high school I was very much a napper and the kind of person who just loved to stay in her room. Now I am still the same way but I get out of my comfort zone for the right reason. One night this week Anna Katherine (my roomate), Lauren, Carson (basically my roomates), and I went to a midnight sale at one of the local stores here. Everything was 50% off and there was a 5 dollar rack. Honestly it was the most exciting thing I have done since I have been here but it was so worth it. You get a lot of free stuff which is great. The weather is finally nice enough where I do not show up to class dripping wet with sweat. I have wanted to be able to share on my blog so many times but transitioning to college has literally seemed like a full time job. School has been my main priority. I am sitting outside of the starbucks writing this with a venti passion tea lemonade and a chocolate cupcake and could not be happier. I am so happy to be an Ole Miss student and cannot wait to see what the next few years hold for me. I hope y'all will continue on this journey with me and I promise to post more soon! 

PS. Wearing a boot because I fell down some stairs on Labor Day weekend. I broke my toe and came back to school and tried to walk on it. Then I fell down some more stairs on my way to get a boot. Bad break but we are rallying! 

Just sittin on my bed

First Day of School

Yoga Monday
Namaste

Just an average night with the roomate

She's my person

The laughs have continued

First Pep Rally

Same School and Same Friends

Sometimes you have to watch wedding videos
 and get your head scratched

Late Night adventures with the girls
From Left to Right
Anna Katherine, Carson, Lauren, Yours Truly

just roommates doing things 

NeedtoBreathe

Princess pjs and facials

Childhood Bestie comes to visit

Acworth Squad

My girl Lindsey and I are reunited in college

We cared so we walked
Me, Lauren, Anna Katherine, and Carson

Thanks for reading!!!

XOXO, Emma Rose 

    

A New Perspective

A while back I did a blogpost about a few of my favorite things. While many of those are the same I've changed over the past year and a half. I've grown stronger in certain aspects of my life and weaker in others. I found my new favorite cup of coffee, iced vanilla latte, and at the moment I want everything in my room to be starch white but I just can't seem to let go of the periwinkle blue walls that are oh so calming. I'm in love with Frank Sinatra's music. I have still not seen "Breakfast at Tiffanys", or any of the Star Wars movies.  I think I've discovered that my favorite sent of candle is sandalwood. I've rediscovered my love for writing but often times my love for Greys Anatomy gets in the way of me actually writing things down. That's another thing, I've recently watched all episodes of Greys Anatomy and am on my second time re watching the episodes. Yes I understand how big of an accomplishment this is but, I often times find myself thinking I know how to do things medically that I obviously don't know how to do. My mom discourages me randomly yelling  "clear" and "push another epi" when someone does something as small as sneezes or trying to use words like hematoma in casual conversation. For those of you who don't know, I recently graduated high school so now I find myself saying "oh don't worry I have a high school diploma" in situations where it doesn't apply. On a more serious note, I have found myself constantly wondering what the future holds and feeling a little bit lost within myself if I'm being honest here. Where I will be this time next year. What does God have in store for me. I don't know and obviously he does but I've been praying for a lot of peace because if I'm being completely honest with not only myself but you, I'm terrified. Will I want to come home every weekend? Will I never want to leave again? Will I ever be the same? Do people sleep in college? Will I fit in? Why are community bathrooms a thing? Will people like me? Is church different? Can I make friends that believe the same things I do? Will I make a difference on the University of Mississippi's campus? What if I'm not good enough? All of these questions will be answered over time for me. But for right now I just have to sit, wait, and pray. A lot. I said in the beginning of this that I've grown stronger and weaker. I have grown weaker in a sense that I've lost myself a little recently. I have let myself down by not loving myself as much as I love others. I haven't given myself the respect or time  that I gave others. But I've grown stronger, in the midst of a lot of hectic things going on I learned how to juggle a lot of things and go with the flow. I am learning to love the little things all over again. Things like a summer rain storm, a simple harmony, laughter, and random acts of kindness are just a few of the things I stop and admire now. I am working on growing in a way that is completely new for me. I'm taking on a new perspective on life and I hope you will join me for this journey. 

Thanks for reading! 

xoxo, Emma Rose

A Whole New Chapter...

Grab a cup of coffee and settle in. We've got some catching up to do people. Where to start, the last you all heard I had just finished with The Happening. Since then life got really hectic really fast. So the senior things came in full swing. Senior dinner at church, spring break trip to Atlanta, Easter, Junior Auxiliary's Charity Ball, babysitting almost every day, camp with precious baby nuggets at Timber Creek Camp, senior skip night camping trip, social club presentation, a wedding, prom, college tshirt day, last day of school, Baccalaureate, and Graduation. BREATHE. Holy cow I have been so overwhelmed with all the well wishes and and love. It means so much to know that I have so many of your prayers and love during such an amazingly overwhelming time. The last nine weeks of high school were so surreal. It was a crazy time of so many last and preparing for so many first. It was a time where I saw some of my classmates for what might be the last time. It was a crazy time. I did not get really ever emotional about graduating. I was talking with one of my teachers about how I felt like it was wrong for not being unreasonably upset about graduating. She said it was perfectly normal for me to feel excited rather than upset. I am so ecstatic about the future and for my freshman year at Ole Miss. I look forward to sharing this journey with all of you!   

Dinner at the Melting Pot in Atlanta 

Hawks Pre Game

Easter

Charity Ball

One of my baby nugs Bennett 

This little ones name is Emily.
She stole my heart and I cried my eyes
out when we were separated.  

Artsy Pics with my fav girl Han Fran 

senior skip night

Presentation Prep at my house

my swaggy escort for presentation

Went to the chapel and JRO and Colin
got #marREIDy'all

My pretty cool prom date 

#smallgrouplove

senior Sunday at church

College Tshirt Day

Fins Up with Rach

last day with Jamie Girl 

cheesy pictures for the last day with Brooklyn

Last day of school calls for
selfies with the headmaster

awards galore 

thankful anna is coming to be a baby reb with me

my girl mace

been going to HA together for 14 years

Wednesday night hang out squad

Trey's biggest fans 

the whole fam made it to graduation

6 grandkids down. 6 to go. 

my girl 

Thanks for the memories HA.

Thanks for reading!
XOXO, Emma Rose 

Hello, It's Me

     Hi, yes I know haven't posted anything in a very long time but sometimes life gets really hectic and your writing takes a backseat. However, I am back and have a lot to inform y'all of. Despite the big things I do a lot of babysitting, sleeping, and a little bit of eating. Nothing too major but there are a few things that I feel y'all should know more about.
     So lets get down to the basic things that have happened. First off I asked my pal Jacob to escort me to our social clubs presentation of the senior class. Thankfully he said yes and I will not be riding solo to that. So in January I went to winter formal with a gentleman named Billy Ho. He goes to Oxford High School and invited me to come to their winter formal. I said yes and made a trip to Oxford. While in Oxford for another event I went and got to see my brother for a hot second while he was prepping for work one afternoon. Our church hosted the African Children's Choir and I met the sweetest angel named Juliet. She wants to be a pastor when she grows up and called me Auntie Emmie. I got to build a relationship with her over a couple of days and she has a big place in my heart now. The choir brings 10 or so 7 to 8 year olds to tour the United States for a year. They raise money and awareness about the happenings of Africa. It is an AMAZING organization and if you ever have the chance to see them I highly encourage it. They are such a talented group of kids. So then our social club hosted a father daughter valentines day dance. We all took a picture. It was cute. It made it on here. Then my absolute favorite couple got married. So congrats to the Holley's. The Heritage Soccer team went to the state championship and got runner up! If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter. Then by some miracle I was asked to prom and I got donuts too so it was pretty great. I went and celebrated Anna Katherine's seniority. She's pretty cute and for those of you who have forgotten she is my roommate for college. Then last but absolutely not least I had the amazing opportunity of working and leading a spiritual retreat called the Happening. God worked in such big ways throughout the entire weekend. He was so present and I cried a lot. I could not have asked for it to go any better and I am so thankful for everyone who was in prayer or made the weekend come together. That is the biggest crash course of my life I could give you. I am about to end my third nine weeks as a senior. One more to go and I'm headed off to the school up north. This has been such a crazy ride and I know it is about to get even more hectic. I have so many emotions about what is about to come up. Mostly just optimistic and hopeful for good times ahead. I miss my nan but I know she is looking down watching me go through all of this. Senior year is rapidly coming to an end. I can't say I'm not excited because it is time to move onto new things. But my 14 years at Heritage Academy have treated me well. 27 weeks down and 9 to go. Hope y'all will stay with me on this journey! 
Thanks for reading!!! 
xoxo, Emma Rose

"It's my goal for you to escort me to Presentation"
It's funny because he is a goalie. 

OHS Winter Formal

brother

Juliet

Padre Daughter dance

@edh_92

#2 in the state #1 in our hearts.

"Is CHRISpy Kreme a worthy prom date?"
His name is Chris. It's punny.  

BERTHA

He kept me sane throughout the
Happening weekend.