Exploring South Carolina: My Top 7 DestinationsLIFESTYLE // MAY 8, 2021
Hello Friends!
I’m back in Michigan! After four months living in South Carolina as a working student, I started the drive home two weeks ago. Looking out the car window, I bid goodbye to my South Carolina home and began the 13-hour road trip northwest. Soon, I found myself winding through quiet towns nestled in the foothills of North Carolina, then savoring splendor of the Smokies in Tennessee, then watching the sunset over the bluegrass of Kentucky, then driving through the flat landscape of Indiana as dusk fell, and finally entering the Mitten State well after midnight. I fell asleep in the bedroom of my childhood; thinking how the same the silvery moon suspended above also shone down upon all the crowded highways of Indiana, the rolling farms of Kentucky, the winding mountain roads of Tennessee, the sleepy towns of North Carolina, all the way to my old apartment in a little town nobody’s ever heard of in South Carolina. A South Carolina SpringLIFESTYLE // MARCH 21, 2021
Spring.
It comes early here. The gentle, quiet unfurling of new life. Whispering in so still I barely notice. Dreaming of a Winter WonderlandPHOTOGRAPHY // FEBRUARY 15, 2021Hello Dear Friends!
Happy Monday! I’ve lost count of how many days of non-stop rain there’s been here in South Carolina…four, five? Golden, sixty-degree afternoons spiraled within twelve hours to thirty-seven degrees with torrential downpours. The fog has lingered for days, threading through the pines, skirting the pasture fences, and chilling the skin with its cold caress. Immersed in a novel version of winter mists and rain, I’ve been reminded of the magic of a snowy afternoon. I’ve heard that there’s been an abundance of snow back home in Michigan. While I don’t miss cracking frozen water buckets or navigating icy backroads, I miss the enchanted moment of waking up to see a barren landscape transformed into a dazzling wonderland. There’s nothing quite like the peace of watching snowflakes drift down from a quiet grey sky to slowly, steadily, millimeter by millimeter blanket the world in a flawless garment of white. Are We Brave Enough to Break the Silence?JOURNEY // JANUARY 22, 202162 million lives lost.
There’s a heaviness inside. A weariness. A cloud of defeat that seems like it will never lift. How much longer Lord? Will things ever change? |
ABOUT MEWelcome! I’m Noel. An 18-year old living in the beautiful West Michigan countryside. An aspiring writer, horse-crazy country girl, sister of five, amateur photographer, chocolate enthusiast, used-to-be-ballerina, recovering perfectionist, decided introvert, but mostly…a broken mess redeemed by Christ. Thanks for stopping by.
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