With the start of a new school year, a million thoughts have been running through my head – most of them filled with some vanilla-flavored doubt and topped with a cherry of fear. I'm realizing that these thoughts or feelings are neither my friends nor reality, even though this anxiety feels so real…
My friends were all good at something. Adriana could play the viola and piano. Tessa was the best swimmer on her swim team. Hannah could speak French. Sophia was incredibly smart-witted and hilarious. Then there was me. I couldn’t play any instruments, couldn’t sing, I tried to be funny, I spoke American fluently… if that counts, and apparently everyone knew not to ask me to be on their team in P.E.
Then I started going to church.
For those of you who are in a new chapter, who are taking their first step into a new season in life, who are embarking on uncharted territory—this one is for you. 1. You do not need to see the top of the mountain before you begin the climb. Sweet princess, it is okay if…
Hey, you! Yes, you there, trying to hide your face behind all that make-up and your body under those perfect clothes. I see you and you are beautiful. Without all of it. You are beautiful before you put on the right outfit. You are beautiful before you do anything to your hair. You are beautiful…
I remember this time when I went to a women’s conference with my grandma. I was 15 and during the last night, God put it on the pastor’s heart to minister to every person who came to the conference. It took hours. When my turn came, she told me something I have never forgotten. She…