Audacious, courageous, daring, fearless, bold. These are not the first words I often use to describe myself. As a young girl I would have used the words: shy, quiet, nervous, anxious, afraid. When adults would talk to me, my face would turn bright red as I quickly learned to avoid anything involving risk. As I […]

Trigger Warning: this post discusses sexual assault. SEX! Was that a jump scare? Did you feel hurt, regret, or shame in your gut? Sex is one of those topics often tiptoed around in the church but is a constant conversation in the world. From Sunday school onward, we’re told: Sex is bad. Sex is a […]

What do they think of me? Did I say the right thing? Am I doing enough? Do I look bad? What if they find out about my past? Am I measuring up to what people expect of me? Is God happy with me? Does anyone even like me? If I do this, what are people […]

To the girl who’s finding her purpose after quitting her sport. Many of us have gone through orwill go through the heartbreak of a sport ending whether it’s from injury or just moving on toother things in life. You may be asking yourself, “well what now?” This was the exact question I was asking myself […]

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 […]