As I sit behind the screen of my laptop, staring at the cursor blink quicker than I, I can’t help but think of how excited I am to one day share my stories.

This blog — a site for my digital journalism class at Central Michigan University — is an opportunity for me to share the stories I have accumulated in my time at CMU and everything else I’ve been able to experience.

A lot of my favorite stories come from working in journalism on the sports desk at Central Michigan Life.

I started covering smaller sports, field hockey and wrestling to be exact, and worked my way to manning both the men’s and women’s basketball beats in just my second semester on campus.

Because I had the opportunity to cover basketball, I was able to join our team at the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio. The trip was so much fun — I still talk about it to this day.

Another one of my favorite memories was the entire 2019 CMU football season, which started with a rainy Thursday night and ended with a blowout Chippewa loss in the Land of Enchantment and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

I understand some may have negative views of CM Life, and that’s cool — I don’t mind at all. I won’t be on here preaching how great CM Life is, that probably won’t change your mind.

One thing I do pride myself on, though, is respect.

I’ll respect the heck out of everything you do and will try my best to understand it, no matter the case.

All I ask — respect in return.

I just love being able to tell stories and try to do so respectfully and fairly. Sometimes, I have to tell a negative story but it’s my job to do so. I don’t want to hold the folks in power accountable, but it’s my job to do so.

I’m excited for this class and the ability to tell stories with all of you as we work through the spring semester.