by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 22, 2014 | Broken and Raw, Community, Faith, Fear
You can stand with hands raised in worship one day and kneel with hands over your face in frustration hours later. It is entirely possible to sing and smile on Sunday only to lay awake Sunday night with tears trickling into your ears, eyes staring straight upward,...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 10, 2014 | Broken and Raw, Community, Faith, Fear, Five Minute Friday
I see you in the corner, picking at your fingernails and ducking your head. You’re fighting back the lies and pushing against the walls you’ve built inside but you’re stuck. Every time someone attempts to help, to love on you, to whisper kind things,...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jun 16, 2014 | #fmfpartysnailmail, Community, God Sized Dream
Maybe you’ve seen the hashtag and wondered what in the world everybody was talking about? Maybe all those Instagram pictures of cards have made you stop and wonder and then wish someone wrote you happy mail? Yeah, we got sick of all the junk mail, too. Allow me...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jun 14, 2014 | Brave, Brave Girl Community, Community, Fear, Running
I’m a runner. Not the athletic kind, because no. I’ve tried that and have decided you are either born a runner or you are not. I am not. I am, however, a professional when it comes to running emotionally. Over time, I’ve realized that community will...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jun 12, 2014 | Community, Faith, Five Minute Friday, Running
The choice is yours. What’s it going to be? Every day is a line of the story you’re living, every post a reflection of the heart behind the words. It’s easy to hide behind a screen and tap out the words that make life grand and the ordinary look a...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | May 27, 2014 | (in)courage, Broken and Raw, Community, Faith, Fear, God Sized Dream, Story
Sometimes we can’t fully comprehend a moment until it is over. It’s the summer of 2013 and I’m sitting cross-legged on a blown-up and slowly deflating mattress, somewhere in the hills of North Carolina. I’ve made excuses and found the time to...