Arie Belle Blog

Today some friends of mine that go to VCU with me decided to take a cute VCU picture, and this is how it turned out. I really love this school and I am so happy that I got into the VCUarts program for my freshman year and that I was accepted into the Interior Design program which is what I came into the school wanting to do. However this is my last week in Richmond until December. I guess its also time to write that my original plans to serve an 18 month mission have changed and I will no longer be serving a mission at this time. I have decided that I still want to take a semester off and move to Utah, to spend time with my grandparents who are ill and to work. I will be heading West at the end of June and I will be staying there until December when I will return to Richmond and finish my general education classes in the Spring Semester This change of plans is definitely a curve ball thrown in my path. I am pretty bummed about not going on a mission at this time in my life, but ...

This is an essay that I wrote for my Focused Inquiry class at VCU. Read and comment below New Beginnings By Arianna Brown Two years ago I would have never been able to imagine going to an amazing art school in Richmond, Virginia; I never thought I could be happy and confident in myself like I am now. Two years ago I was lost and in such a dark and depressing abyss; my dreams of the future were clouded and nearly non-existent. I was trapped in a unhealthy relationship that was tearing my life apart in all directions. But here I am today, in Richmond, Virginia attending college at one of the top art schools in the nation and living alone in my very own house. No one would know what I have gone through by meeting me for the first time. I am so happy and optimistic about life now, and you can’t see the pain in my eyes anymore. I try not to tell a “sob story” about my past—I don’t want sympathy from anyone and I don’t want anyone to think of me any differently because of it, bu...