I find it incredibly difficult to say yes to myself, and I know I’m not the only one.
“I hope you have an experience that alters the course of your life, because after Africa, nothing has ever been the same.” -Suzanne Evans My heart is pounding as I sit down to write this. I have so many words about my short journey to Uganda that I sincerely believe I will never be […]
“What’s comin’ will come and we’ll meet it when it does.” -Hagrid Becoming the person you are meant to be is not an easy task. I am learning that figuring myself out is hard and painful, not because I don’t love who I’m becoming–because I do–but because that means I have to visit soft, vulnerable, […]
About a month ago, I was getting coffee with an old friend (he sat down and said, “I don’t think I’ve seen you in like, ten years.”… and then we immediately launched into this awesome conversation about our ministries/businesses), and I was telling him how I feel so…busy. And he smiled, shook his head, and […]
I didn’t drink coffee for over a decade. I was a senior in high school when I gave it up, but with the rise of Starbucks, I was already totally addicted. I had a heart issue (which is not serious- don’t panic!), and the doctor said the best thing I could do was give up […]
I have spent a lot of time lately thinking about my body. I was raised by some amazing parents who taught me that beauty isn’t skin deep, and that who you are is more important than appearance. And yet, when I made my way out in the world, that wasn’t at all what I heard. […]
If all the people who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote “Me too.” as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem. What then? As someone who has survived these things, it took me a little bit of time to process what happens next, and then I realized […]
I find it incredibly difficult to say yes to myself, and I know I’m not the only one. Our culture has created a space where saying “yes” to everyone else, never saying “no”, and perpetual busy-ness is not only the norm but the expectation. Earlier this year, I was on vacation and I got […]
For eight years, I have battled with depression. When I was 19, I walked into a collage classroom for a course I was thrilled about. I have always been a student by nature; there are few things I love more than learning something new. It wasn’t the first class; we were partway through the semester […]