Young Souls. Young Life.

The beauty of Young Life. A ministry where high school kids can run away from the chaos of reality and feel loved by complete strangers, who becomes family. A huge, accepting, loving family. Where kids can be themselves, completely. When I was in high school, I have never heard of Young Life. I believe my…

Playing with my Life

This is my mothers favorite saying when I tell her my next adventure. When I booked my plane ticket to Europe, my mom was willing to offer me double the money so I would not go. As great money is, I still went. Did I give my mom nearly a heart attack while I was…

I came. I saw. I loved.

Or in other words, “Došla. Vijela. Voljela.” While I was backpacking across Europe, I got these three words tattooed on my body in Croatian. Why you may ask? 1: I am full Croatian & 2: These three important words describe the way I see life in multiple ways. Let me explain… These words explain how I…

Finding Happiness in the Little Things

  Happiness: “pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction.”   People always ask me, “How do you have the money to travel?” “How can you afford going to these places?”   When you have a passion for something, you chase it. Anything is possible with the power of passion. Traveling makes my body quiver to…

Positive Energy

Everyone wants it. Some never experience it. Myself, I live for positive energy. Growing up in a family that was filled with negativity towards life made it hard to believe in anything positive. My parents fought every other day about something new; my fathers drinking problem, the other girls who became part of my parent’s…