Tale as Old as Time...

Welcome to my first blog post! I have always wanted to give people a peak into what a day in the life of Emily was like so here goes nothing!

Well, let me explain a little bit about myself and I think a good way of starting that off is by explaining the title of my blog! As some of you may know I am extremely close with my family and I love my parents very much. My mom is one of my best friends and I guess you could say that I am a daddy's girl. I guess I am a mix between both my parents, extremely bubbly and outgoing like my mom and a practical joker and a bookworm like my dad. When you get my dad and I together we are always acting like little kids and can rarely stop laughing. One thing that I did not get from either one of my parents is my clumsiness! I am always falling down steps, falling up steps, running into doors or other furniture, tripping (especially in the brickyard at State), or breaking things. So my dad, being the funny guy that he is, calls me Miss Grace and every time I do something clumsy he laughs and says "Miss Grace Strikes Again" so, I thought it was only fitting that I titled my blog this little saying.

Although, I am extremely clumsy I think it adds a little extra zing to my eccentric personality. I am a senior at NC State University and I love Jesus Christ with my entire heart and I am so thankful Him. I am extremely blessed with a wonderful family who I love very much. As I mentioned early my parents and I are extremely close, I don't know where I would be without there constant encouragement, support, and endless supply of love. I have a younger brother who is an excellent guitarist and I envy his passion and dedication to his art. I love to read, I find myself being torn between two worlds, a world of fiction and a world of reality. Books are comforting to me, I love being able to pick up a book and go on a whirlwind adventure with the characters in the book, it is amazing to me the treasures you can find in books. Fall is my favorite season I loving seeing the leaves turn colors, the smell burning firewood, and enjoying the crisp cool weather. Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holidays because I love being able to spend quality time in the kitchen with the worlds greatest cook, which in my opinion is my mom. I believe laughter is the best medicine and you can never laugh or smile too much. The 60s are fascinating to me and I often feel that I should have been born in an early decade. I have a great appreciation for all types of music and I have to thank my dad for that. Growing up you never knew what was going to be playing on the radio or on his record player in the basement of our house. I love old movies, Beauty and the Beast, Casablanca, and Singin' in the Rain are three of the greatest ever created in my opinion. I love to dance, especially shag dance and there is nothing greater than shaggin' to beach music on a Thursday night with some of my closest friends. Disney World, Boone, NC and New York City are my favorite places in the entire world. I would give anything if I could go to Disney World every day if I could: walk down Main Street, USA, eat a Casey's Hotdog, travel through the greatest movies ever made on the Great Movie ride, take a ride on a run away elevator and encounter a Yeti in the Alps. I was given the opportunity to live in New York City for 5 weeks this summer telling art students, actors/actress and musicians about Jesus; it was the greatest summer of my life and I wish I was still there. I truly believe in the power of prayer and I am amazed at the love Christ has for us. Here at NCSU, I am involved with an on-campus ministry called Campus Crusade for Christ. I am extremely thankful for this organization because it has changed my life and my relationship with Jesus, and I strive to be like him everyday. I am graduating in May and I can't wait to see what kinds of whirlwind adventures I will get myself into but I know that the Lord has an amazing plan for me and I know he will guide me in the right direction!

Well, I hope you have enjoyed reading my first blog and will come back and check in every once in a while and see what kind of crazy and exciting things I have gotten myself into!

"...And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God" Micah 6:8