by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 14, 2022 | Community, Faith, friendship
My phone rang with a FaceTime notification and within seconds, I was staring at the faces of two dear friends. One woman had just hung up from an unexpected phone call that provided clarity and also included quite a few careless words. She processed, we listened, and...
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 | Jun 30, 2022 | Faith, My Health Story
I’ve been in a fight for over a decade. Sometimes I wonder if I’m fighting with Hope, wrestling in the desert through the dark of night, begging for a blessing. But this long-standing fight, this particular back and forth of daily cries and deep sighs and tears...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | May 12, 2022 | (in)courage, Faith, Grief
It’s funny the things that can immediately bring tears to your eyes. On an ordinary Tuesday afternoon, I opened my inbox and gasped. Inside, an email invited me to congratulate my grandma on a milestone number of years in her listed profession: pastor’s wife. Just...
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...