School was a battlefield, and I was always the soldier left behind. Math, language arts, the whole system, they felt like foreign languages to me. I watched my classmates breeze through lessons I could barely comprehend, and every day, the invisible wall between me and them seemed to grow higher. I grew up with “learning […]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I feel the Lord has put it on my heart to share my story. I am one of many women who have experienced abuse. Abuse is a topic people often shy away from because it’s seen as embarrassing—but I’m here to tell you: speak up, because you’re not […]

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 […]

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 […]

My Conversations with God: Age 13: “God, if you’re real, please make this sadness go away.” Age 18: “God, why do I wake up feeling sad every day while everyone else seems to feelnormal?” Age 20: “God, I have failed you. I am an imposter.” Age 22: “Lord, I choose you every day.” Growing up […]