I spent a lot of time with my grandparents while growing up. My brother and I would walk long distances along the creek that ran behind our grandparent’s house, something we were told countless times not to do, fishing for crawdads and exploring what seemed like new and uncharted territory. One of my favorite memories from the summers at Nanny and Papaw’s is the tea. They never had much money but there was always a tall jar of...

I don’t have very many clear memories from elementary school. Most of my time was spent writing love letters to the girls I had crushes on, who usually then proceed to show the note to all of her friends as they laughed at me. Not the best of times as you can probably tell. There is one memory however that sticks out clearly in my memory still today. When I was young I had this violet-colored hooded sweatshirt and as proof of my poor...

I was never a good student until I got into college. I was held back one year in elementary school, I barely made it through middle school and I was at about the 50% mark in my high school class. I never quite understood why it was so important to do well in school until I had already graduated. I had the habit of procrastinating whenever I had any length of time to finish a project. I got very good at doing as little work as I could at the...