To Those We’ve Lost To The Current That Swept Them Away In The Silence Of The...
One of my sister’s best friends from childhood was lost to suicide this past week. You can find this story at this link. I was going to post this comment on her blog, but I do understand that suicide...
View ArticleThe Awakening: August 2nd and the Days Since
(Finding a Balance Between Jesus Christ and King of the Hill) I was initially hesitant to post too soon after my last entry, but after really evaluating, I decided to try to catch my audience before...
View ArticleContinuing Treatment: A Matter of Life or Death
There are days when I can’t understand how anyone couldn’t love me. I think I’m beautiful, funny, creative, and intelligent. Some days this is part of a healthy balance of recognizing my value and...
View ArticleGod, Guide Me Home
I don’t know where to begin with the struggles I have recently faced and the miracles that have blossomed out of them. I know God has blessed me with a gift for writing, but I ironically believe that...
View ArticleStaring Down the Pink Elephant
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” –Mother Theresa On March 27, 2011, my life officially changed in an incredibly dramatic way. I stayed for hours after church, hesitant to go...
View ArticleThe Difference With God
The argument I hear a lot from people who get offended by my spiritual beliefs is, “What kind of God lets . . . happen?” Now, let me start by saying this, I don’t argue about my spiritual beliefs,...
View ArticleSurviving Elementary School
“Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.” ~Susan Taylor I don’t typically watch the news. I have a computer and a T.V....
View ArticleLessons I Learned in 2012
I see a lot of blogs doing years in review. I would do that for you, but I feel that, although I have learned a lot and accomplished a lot in 2012, I haven’t done anything exceptionally noteworthy. I...
View ArticleBeyond My Power
As adamant as I am about the issue of sexual violence, I feel that maybe my take on it can come off misleading. See, because of my own history with sexual violence, it is hard for me to actually be a...
View ArticleIt Really DOES Get Better
Take it from someone who has been there, it really does get better. For those of you who don’t know the It Gets Better Project all started in 2010 when Dan Savage, in response to a rising number of...
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