It’s True: You Have Something to Offer
You are talented. Before you shake your head, deny those words, and click the little red X on this page, let me ask you a question. Do you remember the parable of the three servants who were given different amounts of talents? I’ve been thinking about it recently,...
A Letter to the Girl Who Feels Forgotten
Of all the things I truly dislike writing about, singleness tops the list. But this isn’t about being single, not really. This is about how even when we feel forgotten, we’re anything but. This is about how we’ve been given every good thing we could...
Life Lately: Highs and Lows {and a giveaway}
I tried — I mean I really, really tried — to write these words without having to swallow down a lump in my throat, without blinking back tears. It shouldn’t be that hard, I told myself. After all, the heartbeat behind this post has been on repeat in...
The Next Right Thing (How 2,000 Words Changed My Life)
Somehow two years have gone by and yet this is still the face I make when I think about that day. Exactly two years ago, I opened up a blank page and wrote 2,000 words. It felt like breaking wide open, like an offering poured out. Also, it felt crazy. But I wrote...
Trust Me, I Won’t Miss the Flowers This Time.
This is my third June in Birmingham and the first time I’ve noticed the flowers. To be honest, my first June was extremely lonely and overwhelming. Even writing that sentence feels sad and heavy… and two years have gone by. June of 2015 stretched into...
A book for the broken hopefuls… Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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