by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jan 23, 2023 | Devotional, Even If Not, Faith, Fear, friendship, Grief
I was about to walk into a birthday party when my phone buzzed. After several months of waiting for appointments and tests, the results were finally here and the diagnosis was clear: cancer. Again. Actually, again again. Cancer keeps weaving its way back into our...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 6, 2022 | Devotional, Faith
I hit play and suddenly the familiar voices of characters I’ve come to love are speaking, shouting, whispering in my ears. The story rises and falls. With each turn, at every “there’s no way out” moment, my heartbeat quickens, my eyes widen, and I wonder what will...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 23, 2022 | Devotional, Faith
Want to listen to this article? Click here to play wherever you stream podcasts. For many years now, I’ve asked myself the same nine questions as one year turns into the next. You’ve likely seen a similar “end of the year questions” list, and I can’t help but...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jan 8, 2022 | (in)courage, Devotional, Faith
It was right there, with fluorescent lights shining and half a dozen tops hanging on the rack, that I froze in a department store dressing room. Over the Christmas music playing through the speakers, I could hear two voices in the room to my left. A niece and an aunt?...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Nov 22, 2021 | (in)courage, Devotional, Faith, Thanksgiving
I grew up with palm trees overhead and flip-flops on my feet, even on Christmas. After eighteen years of summer year-round, I moved twelve hours north. Fall doesn’t arrive here until mid-November, but it does arrive, and there’s a 100% chance you’ll find me gushing...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 15, 2021 | Books, Devotional, Faith, Guest
Holley Gerth is one of my very favorite people in all the world. That seems a bit dramatic, but I really mean it. I’ve read her words for over a decade, worked as her assistant for nearly seven years, and though sometimes I jokingly say she’s my boss, at...