The Story Behind the Compilations 

While I was in a freshman in college, I loved getting to know new people more than anything. I was fascinated by learning more about the people I was meeting and I had a desire to learn more about people's worlds and thoughts. At the time, I was blogging often and found it to be a beautiful way to connect with others. I then had the idea of using my blog not only as a place for me to share my thoughts, but for others to as well. My first prompt was simple: What gets your heart excited? 

What started out as a freshman year passion project turned into a long-standing rhythm of my years. As I read back through years and years of compilations, I can remember receiving all the different emails of writing people have sent in. It has connected me to strangers, old friends, new friends, colleagues, and family. 

With each compilation, I get to bear witness to the beauty, courage, and vulnerability that comes along with writing and sharing writing. I get to see the ways other people's words weave together to create a larger story. It's magic to me.