For as long as I can remember, the deepest desire of my heart has been to belong. Even as a little girl, I wanted to be known and loved intimately by someone who would never change the way they feel about me no matter who I am and what I’ve done. This longing to belong is a core part of each of our hearts as human beings. We were made to love and be loved. We go to all sorts of places to find this love and sense of belonging that we crave so deeply, working relentlessly to ea

I used to forgive by convincing myself that what was done to me, wasn’t wrong. When kids would be mean to me at school I would tell...

I’m always that person in group photos who just smiles awkwardly during the “goofy shot” while everyone else sticks out their tongues or...

Of all the different trials and hardships that I have experienced, silence is by far the thing that has most profoundly tested my faith....

No is a powerful word; one none of us want to hear but also one that can save our lives. We often think that the world would be a much...

Since my grandma passed away a few months ago I’ve been thinking a lot about the impact that our lives have on people once we move on to...

There are few things I love more in life than telling or being told a good story. I have loved books for as long as I can remember (long...

The stress and tension that I had been carrying all day evaporated as I took a deep breath breathing in the cold, fresh air. I felt as if...

Crying with someone is perhaps one of the most painful and beautiful things I have ever experienced. It’s not exactly something that we...

These past two years of my life have been filled with some of the greatest mountain top experiences and some of the darkest valleys. They...