October 11, 2014 at 2:19 am. A moment in time I will never forget. Not only because I became a mother for the first time, but because my eyes were opened to the reality that I needed to be a daughter to my own mother. To be completely honest, leading up to the birth of […]
I was only 12 years old when I began giving myself away, piece by piece. First it was pornography and cybersex; then it slowly moved toward physical sexual encounters. I continued this behavior for a whole decade of my life, until I was about 22. For most of my youth, I never felt my dad […]
Emily has always been passionate about telling stories. Whether through poetry, short stories, screen-writing (hello, 6th grade’s A Cheerleader’s Nightmare ?), songs, dance, blogging or theatre, as soon as she was able to talk and walk, she found herself using the talents God gave her to creatively express herself. Although there was a time she […]
I have always been a list maker and fueled by accomplishment. Being successful and driven became the meaning behind every breath I took; I found purpose in my performance and productivity. I loved the high from “the hustle” and having my schedule full to the brim. I spent years upon year upon years crowding the margins of […]
I laid on the cold, sterile exam table feeling uneasy from the moment I parked my car. I thought to myself, “Paul and I were just here 2 weeks ago. We got to hear the baby’s heartbeat for the first time and got pictures to show our family. Why did the doctor need to see me […]
Dear precious daughter of the King, You were made for more than the party and bar scene. When I was younger, no one bothered to tell me that. I thought what I was doing was harmless. I figured drinking alcohol was just a part of growing up. It wasn’t like I intended on getting drunk… […]
2016 was a hard year for me and my family. While juggling with babysitting a friend’s son who was a full-on ‘threenager,’ I walked through a really difficult mothering season with my own son who seemed to always protest sleep since he was born. Every few months, he went through major sleep regressions in which […]
Eight years. It has been eight years ago today. Eight years ago, my life drastically changed with a tragedy I only knew of through movies and TV; I never thought it would happen to me. Eight years ago, I clung to my Jesus tighter than I ever had in my whole life. Eight years ago, […]
Today, I’m simply here to just write. Vent, I guess you could say… …gracefully vent. *Sigh* I’m going through something right now. Actually, my husband and I are both going through something right now. Little by little, we have been placed in situations of surrender and letting go of things we were holding onto for […]
