Keeping Up With Kayleigh

The worst time of the year has officially come. That time that I'm talking about is having to come back to school after spring break. It's a miserable feeling! However, I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to be able to go home and have a week off from school. While many people were in Florida or on cruises, I on the other hand just had a relaxing week at home.  Let's rewind to before break started. I do not have a car on campus so my older sister made the 8-hour drive here on Thursday night to spend the night with me and go with me to my classes on Friday. It was so nice to spend time with her and show her around campus. I had classes until 3:50 p.m. on Friday so I made sure I was all packed and ready to go right after my last class. We started our journey back and made it home at 1:00 a.m. On Saturday I was up bright and early getting ready for a fun day with my high school friends! Most of our spring breaks aligned so we made sure to take advantage of that! I drov...

Do you know that saying that goes like "God gives his strongest soldiers the toughest battles"? Well lately it has felt like God has been throwing all kinds of battles my way! I dealt with some family issues at the beginning of the semester, then I got COVID-19 and was in quarantine for 5 days and now I was just in the hospital this past weekend! However, I somehow am still making it through the semester and looking forward to getting a break this upcoming week. Are you wondering why I ended up in the hospital? Don't worry, I'll give you the whole story. It all began on this past Saturday morning. I woke up feeling fine until I was up and moving around and noticed a weird feeling in my upper abdomen. I didn't think anything of it so I continued with my plans for the day. Two of my friends asked me to walk to Buckeye East for breakfast, which is about a 15-minute walk from our dorms.  As we got farther into our walk I noticed that the pain in my upper abdomen began...