by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 20, 2017 | Broken and Raw, Community, Faith, Fear, Haiti
A note, before I open the story I’ve held close. I drafted most of these words last week, while still in Alabama. I had to put this post on hold due to unforeseen circumstances. It’s now March 20th and I’m in Florida, home for tests and to be with...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 26, 2016 | Fear, Freebies, Printables, Story, writing
Do you believe your story matters? Before it’s all wrapped up with a bow? Right now, in the middle of the mess and the unknown? In between bills and dreams and the seemingly ordinary? I do. I believe it does. If something is tugging inside, prompting you to open...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 5, 2016 | Brave, Devotional, Faith, Fear
Giants loom, waves crash and the fire burns. Can you and I agree not to waste any time pretending that life is a cakewalk or an endless parade of sunshine and unicorns and magical happy moments? Those moments and days and seasons exist, to be sure. They are real and...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 2, 2016 | Broken and Raw, Faith, Fear
So. I have a tattoo. One year ago I climbed a steep set of stairs, sat down in a black chair, and held my leg incredibly still as a stranger marked me with permanent ink. It was the day after April Fool’s and the day before Good Friday, somewhere in...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 31, 2016 | Brave, Devotional, Faith, Fear
(The message of this post? It’s now a tattoo on my foot. So there’s that.) On Monday nights I go to bible study. (I’m sure there’s a lesson in here somewhere about how, without fail, I always remember as I sit in study that I’m missing...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Feb 16, 2016 | Brave, Even If Not, Fear, Generation Y
I keep finding myself thinking “so this is it.” I wish I could form words around all that sentence holds and the emotions tucked away in just four little words, but I’m discovering that sentence, much like this season, is like reaching out to grab...