Here’s the thing about admiration. It can be a good thing until it’s not. I can admire an actor or actress for getting high acclaim in a blockbuster film, an influencer for having millions of subscribers or a novelist for getting on the New York Times Best Sellers list. On a smaller scale, I can … Continue reading I Wasn’t Crowning God
Can I be transparent with you? I feel guilty. I feel guilty that I haven’t been devoted to my writing like I've wanted. You see, when the work day is done, and I’ve been writing for the job that I make an income from, my brain is fried. I’m not sure how I did it … Continue reading I Feel Guilty
There is freedom in Jesus Christ. Freedom from the box the world tries to put you in and even the one you unintentionally put yourself in. It’s easy to claim that accepting Jesus into your life and following Him each day limits your freedom from the outside looking in, but you’ll find this to be … Continue reading What Holy Week Has Taught Me
Breathe. When you’ve done so much but it never feels like you’ve done enough. When your head is spinning as you’re standing still. When you’re living to do and not living to live. Breathe. When the lists get longer and longer. When you feel smaller and smaller. When you don’t know where the tasks start … Continue reading Just Breathe
From purchasing our first house to making it a home, this past year has been more than frenzied. But I’m so excited to start this clean slate of a new year getting back into the things that I love, and this post will be a friendly reminder to myself as the year goes on.That’s what … Continue reading A Clean Slate
Life has been wonderfully busy these past few months and even before then – but definitely these past few months. In a previous blog post, I spoke about the busy months I was having. And so the busyness continued to the point where my personal writing, reading and vlogging fell to the wayside. But I'm … Continue reading I Have Huge News!!!
Saying the past few months have been eventful would be an understatement. Life. It can pass you by so quickly. Fall isn’t here just yet, but advertisers are already flooding my social media feeds with talk of the upcoming season. I will admit, I am excited to watch all my favorite harvest flicks – but … Continue reading Life & All Things Home Decor
On June 28th, I didn’t know what I had envisioned being a short story would turn into my second novel. After I fell in love with my main characters, I knew that the story must continue. And it did. I planned to discovery write along the way and learn more about my characters as time … Continue reading How I Wrote My Young Adult Novel
This month is Camp NaNoWriMo, which happens in April and July. It’s a less intense version of NaNoWriMo, where us writers come together to work on any writing project we want. This is my first time participating, and so far so good. My loose goal (I say loose because while it would be great to … Continue reading The End Is In Sight
As a twenty-something-year-old, I question myself more than I ever did when I was little. As hard as I try to be all in with every aspect of my life, it's easy for my mind to get infiltrated by doubt and fear. It is then that I find one foot all in and the other … Continue reading I’m All In
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