Ready to get really real with me, guys? Because it’s about to get real. Yesterday, after 31 weeks of pregnancy, and 15 weeks of respite from morning sickness, I had a resurgence. It was great… (not). But it kind of took me back. For as much as I joke about the misery that is constant…
You guys know Tetris? It’s a great classic game from the 80’s (a decade I only lay 4 months of claim to, but adore just the same). One of my favorite things to come out of the 80’s is easily Tetris – but also Prince, Poison, Molly Ringwald, John Cryer, and Weekend at Bernie’s. If…
You don’t have to have it all figured out. You don’t have to power through all of life’s difficulties in your own strength. It’s okay to be weak. It’s okay to vulnerable. It’s okay to sad, soft, or *gasp* flawed. God’s power is not made perfect in your ability to be perfect or do it…
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, and I took some time to reflect on my own journey with mental health and illness. On February 6 of this year, I finally surrendered to the fact that my mental health needed to be addressed in a different way. For years, I have managed my anxiety and bouts…
I saw this today on the Facebook page for the Unfundementalist. It brings up a devastating point I think is missed by many well-meaning individuals on my friends list, and I’m sure maybe your own: The public admonishment of Dr Christine Blasey Ford in an attempt to support Judge Brett Kavanaugh all over your (I…
I was 12. I didn’t even know what was happening to me. He was my boyfriend, and popular and experienced. I didn’t know how to say no, or that it was inappropriate or wrong, even though I didn’t like it and was embarrassed. It was four years before I even knew the words to describe…
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. For this reason it says,…
