Ever since I grew to adulthood, I hear the echoes of everyone who told me, "That's not real. That's a fantasy." Most of the time, I silence them With a wave of the hand, And maybe a deep breath, But then, Sometimes, a wave of grief comes, My heart begins to ask, "Were they right?... Continue Reading →
Finding Freedom in Motherhood
When I became a mom, I was terrified. I thought this meant I had to be into legos, Lincoln logs, and other little people toys and I was going to have to give up on everything I actually do love. The problem with this that a lot of people don't have is that I wasn't... Continue Reading →
The Beauty of the Crucifixion
My entire life I have struggled with the Crucifixion. I could never wrap my mind around God allowing His Son to go through something like that. To be honest, I don't see that fully going away anytime soon, the problem of evil is my biggest hang up in life, and even when I find an... Continue Reading →
Ugly Cry, or, My Awakening: The Tension Between Cultivating Joy and Feeling Heard
Lately, I have been feeling like a ping pong ball in my own head. I'm learning a lot about a lot of things, but the problem is they all seem to contradict each other. I am learning how to cultivate joy, but I am also learning how to give myself space to be sad, I... Continue Reading →
Acts 15: Christians Chill Out and Love
"Reading 1 Acts 15:22-31 The Apostles and presbyters, in agreement with the whole Church, decided to choose representatives and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. The ones chosen were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers. This is the letter delivered by them: "The Apostles and the presbyters,... Continue Reading →
The Abortion Bills
Tonight, my newsfeed is full of anger and sadness. Pain is manifesting all over the internet in 100 ways, from the women whose hearts are breaking over the children dying, to the women who see their own lives being torn away in front of them. There are screenshots being shared in all of my groups... Continue Reading →
A Good Friday Style Easter
This Easter was a hard one for me so far. On Friday, I saw a headline out of the corner of my eye, "When Easter feels like Good Friday." I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. As I crawled through lent this year, my refrain was, Easter is almost here, Easter... Continue Reading →
The Silence
For the last few weeks, I've barely posted on here. I felt guilty and I insulted myself for it, but it wasn't until tonight that I realized what I was doing. I have a bad habit of getting too caught up in what everyone else thinks about me. We have all heard that one, I... Continue Reading →
Easter
I have been procrastinating this post since Easter. I don't honestly know how to write this without sounding all the kinds of religious crazy. It's funny how much easier for me to share my spiritual struggle than to share this. This Easter, God sent me a gift. The city we just moved to has concerts... Continue Reading →
Academy Nicholls, Here I Come
I did a thing last night. It might be crazy. It may be a little arrogant? It takes a lot of arrogance to be an artist, or at least that's what I tell myself so I won't hide all of my work under a rock. Yes, this writing of mine is a conscious decision in... Continue Reading →
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