There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from carrying bags you were never meant to keep. For most of my life, I carried pride — not the healthy kind, the quiet satisfaction of a life well-lived, but the kind that wraps itself around you like a boa constrictor and slowly, quietly, takes more…
Reaching Down Into Hell for You
For everyone who thinks they’ve gone too far — you haven’t. There’s a lie that grows in the dark. It whispers that you are too broken, too far gone, too buried in your own mess for God to find you. That maybe His grace has borders. That maybe His reach has limits. That maybe you…
Forgetting the Map
I Don’t Know How I Got Here (And I’m Learning to Be Okay With That) I could trace the steps, if you gave me enough time. Somewhere in the last 6,000 days, life took me everywhere it wanted to go — and I let it. I let my days be ruled by this person’s promise,…
Recognizing You’re Already Home
You’ve Crossed the Bridge, Dear There’s a particular kind of suffering we inflict on ourselves when we miss the moment we’ve arrived — when we keep pursuing solutions to problems we no longer have, crossing bridges we’ve already crossed simply because we once told ourselves we would. I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between…
Accepting The Invitation to Intimacy
You’ve shown me in this season that great is your faithfulness toward me. The Invitation Every evening, you set the table for two on our rooftop overlooking the city. Candlelight flickering against the skyline, wine poured and waiting, your love displayed in every detail. But I kept declining your invitations because I was too busy…
20 Harmful Chemicals to Avoid in Your Personal Care
The Shocking Truth About Beauty Product Regulations As a busy mom navigating the world of personal care products for both myself and my daughter, I’ve learned how critical it is to understand what’s in the items we use daily. What shocked me most during my research was discovering the dramatic difference between cosmetic regulations in…
