• A Sundry

    Looking at Weight Gain as a Blessing

    It’s important to acknowledge all the little blessings in our lives. Most of the time, these blessings are obvious. The feeling of sunlight on our skin, the joy of a good book, the safety of home, a hearty meal, laughter with friends, the love of our families — all these things are easy to take for granted, but also tend to be easy to identify. But sometimes, things happen. And those things suck. When we experience hardship in our lives, it can be easy to forget that God gives us hardship to help us grow. That sometimes, sorrow or pain is actually a beautiful gift. We don’t see it that…

  • A Sundry

    Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

    I recently visited the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, located about five miles away from my house. The refuge costs 3 dollars to get in, but boy was it worth it! I was working on a class project, so I didn’t have time to stay and look around, but I’m definitely hoping to go back sometime soon and explore! It was absolutely beautiful there. For my project, I had to take video of some birds. I’ve never tried to video birds before, and I was amazed at just how hard it is! Eventually, I ended up parking on the side of the road and hiking off into the wilderness. There wasn’t…