Growing up, I was always in trouble. Teachers, principals, and even my family labeled me a bad kid. I pushed kids on the playground, almost got expelled in fourth grade, and switched schools twice because I couldn’t stay out of trouble. By the time I was 9, I had already been in therapy for years […]

You’re sitting in class. It’s the third grade. You are 8 years old. Today, you are learning aboutboundaries. Boundaries are lines that separate different regions of the Earth. They can bephysical, political, or cultural. Fast forward, many years later, and boundaries have a much vastermeaning. Now, boundaries are personal, vulnerable, intimate, and much more complicated […]

Did you ever have a time in your life where it felt like every small thing was piling up and being thrown at you and you just thought, God what the heck I can’t handle it anymore? This was how I felt going into my senior year of high school. I had slowly fallen into […]

We ALL want to feel seen. Whether it’s by a parent who never told you “ I’m so proud of you” or a boy that isn’t cherishing you as you want.  You just want him to desire you and to think you’re beautiful. Maybe it’s by the boss you so desperately want to tell you […]

Everyone knows that sex is meant to be a gift. It IS a gift. Furthermore, it is a gift from God.It has become so highly praised, and so wrongly distorted at the exact same time. Back in my freshman year of high school, I met the most adorable boy, Anthony, in whom I had a […]

To the girl who has a soft heart. Have you ever felt so deeply in a situation thatyou felt embarrassed afterward? I can think of numerous moments where I felt sopassionately about something that when I voiced that passion, I was moved to tears.That probably isn’t terrible to most people but when you’re trying to […]

When I became a Christian five years ago, I was terrified of praying for a couple of reasons.  The only solution to overcoming feeling uncomfortable about prayer, is to pray more. It can feel embarrassing to admit out loud that you’re unsure of what to pray for or that you may not know how to […]

Have you ever said to yourself, “If I could do anything for the Kingdom of God, it  would be this!” Or have you ever felt a tug on your heart to go after something  and you find yourself thinking, “Yes! Someday I would love to do that!” If that’s  you, let me ask you why […]

My life has been marked by discomfort from a very young age. Some might say I was dealt a bad hand, maybe even “cursed.” But I see it differently—I was blessed. Even in my deepest discomfort, God always showed up.  When I was just one year old, my brother, in his playful excitement, accidentally jumped […]

Over 20 years ago, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, forever altering thecourse of my life and posing an ongoing threat to my identity and confidence. Type 1Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which your pancreas ceases to make insulin, avital hormone in your body that breaks down food and allows the proper amount […]