by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 20, 2014 | Brave, Community, every story matters, Love, Story
If we go through the world with our ear to the ground, with our ear pressed up against people’s words, listening for heartbeats, listening for the heartbeat of stories, it could happen — Stories are keys that release you out of yourself and into the wide freedom of...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 15, 2014 | Community, every story matters, Fear, Haiti, Story
There’s a teal blue Mead journal with pages of thoughts, prayers, and verses from my time in Haiti. It stays tucked away in the bottom drawer of my desk. There are days I’d rather not remember it all. There are days I’d prefer to just forget....
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 9, 2014 | Community, every story matters, Joy, Story
There are those people you meet and in one quick moment you just know they’re gonna change your life. And then there are those who show up day after day and over time a place in your heart has their name on it. Your story is changed because you’ve welcomed...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 8, 2014 | Broken and Raw, Community, every story matters, Faithful, Story
It’s October 8, 2013. I’m smiling from ear to ear, my tennis shoes are laced, and the turf beneath my feet is a lot less squishy than I imagined. We’re about to take the field. In every way imaginable, I am both ungraceful and unathletic. But...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 25, 2014 | #fmfpartysnailmail, Community, Giveaway
We were made for it but for many, it has also wounded us. You know it as well as I do, community can heal but community can hurt. Sometimes it walks away and sometimes we choose to do the walking, but instead of focusing on the have-beens or the maybe-some-days I want...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 28, 2014 | #fmfpartysnailmail, Community, Giveaway
From as long as I can remember, I have dearly loved and believed in the written word. I can ramble for hours on end and spend more than my quota of words each day through texting, typing, or speaking. But there’s something special about the written word, the...