Today I’m posting one more Europe post & video! I figured it’s still okay before July is over :). While I was writing my overview post of the trip (read it here), there were a few things I reflected on that were unexpected to me during my first visit to Europe. I know they aren’t...
Hi, friends! I’m so excited to share that I just returned from a weekend trip to Dallas, Texas! This was my first time visiting the Lone Star State, and my mom and I definitely made the most of our 36 hours in the beautiful city. We stayed with family just outside Dallas and from...
I’ve debated posting on this topic for a while now, because I feel like I don’t have a ‘perfect’ answer or response to this question, so I didn’t want to speak up about it. I realized, though, that I’ll never have the perfect answer, but I do want to start a conversation about this...
Have you ever visited Europe? Have you ever been on a cruise? After this trip, I'm thankful to have done both! In this post and video, I'm talking about all the amazing cities I visited on my first trip to Europe! Click to read about the highlights and the far-from-perfect moments. ...
In this post and video, I talk about how to study for the LSAT on a budget, and all the money-saving tips I used to study for my first LSAT this summer. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to do well, and I found a great online prep course for a fraction...
Hello, hello, friends! It’s almost time for the somewhat-regularly-scheduled monthly edition of Candidly Kristen, but I just returned from a two-week vacation to Europe, so I wanted to add in this quick little life update! I did schedule one blog post while I was on the trip, but other than that, I was pretty much...
Hello, hello, friends! And happy July!! I cannot believe June is already over. This episode of ‘Candidly Kristen’ took me by surprise because June felt about 5 minutes long. I wrote some more personal posts last month already, but I’ve been loving these monthly recaps as well. Previous ‘Candidly Kristen’ posts: Life After the...
Do you ever wish you could just run away to the mountains for the week? That's basically what I did for the past week at Covecrest camp in Georgia. In this post, I reflect on 7 ways life is so much better at Christian summer camp, and talk about why it's so much easier...
Do you ever feel like 'God's plan' for your life is so big-and-scary that you don't know how to start living it? From attending daily mass for a week, I've realized that God's plan isn't so scary after all. In this post, I talk about how I learned to live God's plan just one...
This was my fourth time going to Camp Covecrest in Tiger, GA, a Catholic summer camp hosted by Life Teen ministries. Each year I’ve talked about going to ‘Catholic camp’, the general responses are pretty much the same... I hope this post can help unpack a small piece of what 'Catholic camp' is really...