To Our Beloved Friends & Family, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Hastings family – where do I begin? Twenty-twenty three has truly been a special and chaotic compilation of life events, as we have not only enjoyed our first year of marriage, but did so in three different homes, in three different states with the Marine Corps. And, while I could sit and write a novel on the lessons God has taught us through this adventure that is only just beginning, I will su

Change [v] make someone or something different; alter or modify. [n] the act or instance of making or becoming different. Last Friday my husband and I climbed into our loaded vehicles and made the 7.5-hour drive to our new home: Fredericksburg Virginia. We drove through the flat roads of Ohio, cruised across bridges and boarders, winded through the mountains, and finally sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic before crossing the finish line to our home. Sunshine and warm weather gre

PA school... 27 months of lectures, labs, simulations, learning 85 didactic exams 11 clinical rotations 7 EOR exams 73,782 patients...

One beautiful week of marriage. One week of saying goodnight not goodbye. Of waking up and existing throughout the day in the same space....

Did anyone else grow up watching Disney? You know, the classic fairytales where the guy meets the girl and falls in love and by the end...

My story begins in high school - feels like AGES ago but in reality it was only 4/5 years ago :) Honestly the beginnings of the illness crept up slowly and I didn't notice it was there until it had already embedded itself inside of my head. From what I remember though, my story begins fall of my junior year.... I was a varsity soccer player, involved in band (nerdy I know), and part of honors society. I had a great group of girl friends, I was in a healthy relationship, and w