Kaitlyn Bouchillon, Author at KaitlynBouchillon.com

What I Learned This Summer

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 30, 2018 | What I Learned

One of the ways I intentionally practice appreciating the beautiful but so-very-ordinary stuff of real life and regular days is by keeping track of what I’m learning. It’s far from complicated, but somehow jotting down notes of the small, the sacred, and everything...

One Small Step That Changed My Life

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 19, 2018 | Even If Not

. I put it off, came up with a dozen reasons why it wasn’t the right timing, and told God that He had picked the wrong girl. His response was kind but clear: to do anything else would be disobedience. Three years ago today, I opened a blank page and wrote...

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 11, 2018 | (in)courage, Brave, Broken and Raw, Community

No one stood up when the credits began to roll. Whispered wows mixed with the sound of sniffling as we reached for tissues, blinked our eyes, and stayed for just a moment longer. Like so many others, I grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Childhood...

If You’re Showing up to a New Week with Empty Hands…

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 23, 2018 | Beauty, Faith, Traveling

If you’re empty, exhausted, or overwhelmed today, this is for you. To be honest, I wrote it for myself because I desperately needed a reminder of hope in the midst of the crazy. I took this picture of limestone and teal, of bright red flowers blooming tall, two...

It’s True: You Have Something to Offer

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 9, 2018 | (in)courage, Art, Brave, Fear

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,...