Stop and smell the (peonies)
Ever since I found@flowervault on Instagramand saw that they were opening a location in Houston, I knew I wanted to go! 
The FlowerVault is a limited time pop-up with flower-themed, instagrammable rooms. The pop-up will be in Houston until January! Just in time for the h…

My hair and I have gone through quite the journey. I don't want to say that I was my hair I kind of linked my identity and self-confidence through my hair. When I did have hair, I always made sure that it was done except for when I was bumming it around campus. But if I was in real clothes, I d…

It's been two weeks since I gave a speech that wasn’t forced upon me by a class syllabus. #adult. I guess that’s when you know you’re no longer in the safety bubble of a university classroom.  SIDE NOTE: upon learning from my mom earlier this week, this is not my first speech – I gave one when I…

I know about my family history. I saw my mom go through breast cancer and heard stories that my great-grandmother on my grandfather's side died fairly young from breast cancer.

Genetics is complicated.


What is the BRCA gene?According to the National Insitute of Cancer, BRCA 1 and BRCA2 produce t…

I'm not one to dress up for my doctor's appointments. UTMB and Target have seen me at my absolute worst. When I had hair I didn't brush it and I always looked like I just rolled out of bed. However, something told me on August 6 to get dressed that morning in REAL clothes for my appoint…

Who knew I also needed to be afraid of turning twenty-one?
I imagined my life to be a certain way – I was going to graduate, find a job working for an advertising agency, eventually get married, and travel. Overall, I was going to be living my best life. 


But, then turned itself upside down. 
A cyst, …

I did it. 
“Omigod you guys,” from the Legally Blonde the Musical is literally on repeat. 
I can’t believe I created a blog – a REAL BLOG 
In the song, Elle didn’t win the ring, but I actually committed to something pretty big so that counts right?
Those of which who know me in real life know that I am…