Six months after my life imploded, I'm rebuilding from the ground up without the foundation of childhood faith. Here's why I keep blogging through the uncertainty—because authenticity matters more than having it all together.
Faith & Mental Health
When Your Love Story Doesn’t Look Like Everyone Else’s
My fairy tale ended, my faith wavered, but love didn't disappear—it just showed up in places I never expected. Sometimes the best love lives are the ones that don't fit the mold.
When Prince Charming Moves to Germany Alone: Ending a Volume
While everyone was watching the royal wedding, I was trying to figure out how to explain why there wouldn't be another one in July. Sometimes love stories end differently than we planned.
When God Changes Your Plans: How I Learned to Say Yes to Germany
We had our whole life mapped out in Arlington when God dropped Germany on our doorstep. Here's what I learned about trusting a path you never asked to walk.
Learning to Surrender Control: What Surgery Taught Me About Trust
I thought I knew what it meant to lean into someone I loved. Then shoulder surgery forced me to discover the difference between fierce independence and genuine vulnerability.
Snow Days Led to Wedding Dress Shopping—Then We Won the Honeymoon at OBX Wedding Expo
While school closures piled up, I finally got excited about wedding planning. Mom couldn't come dress shopping due to surgery, but Angel brought champagne and we Skyped her in. Then Charming and I collected nine stamps at the OBX expo and actually won the honeymoon drawing—after I'd just told him I never win anything.
Wedding Planning at Dunkin’—Two Divorced People Making #ANewThing
Hampton's snow trapped us for days, but at Dunkin' with Charming, we got stuck in wedding details. Two Type A Wheaton grads who've done this before, arguing over songs to avoid. Then we created #ANewThing—because that's what happens when God writes redemption stories with snow days and second chances.
Why I Skipped New Year’s Resolutions and Chose God’s New Thing Instead
Instead of making resolutions I'd already broken, I remembered my life verse from eighteen years ago. Here's what it means to trust God is doing something new when your future is uncharted territory.
Redefining Joy: What I Learned Writing in My Car at Christmas
At 35, spending Christmas at my childhood home, I felt like I'd failed the fearless girl I used to be. Then I discovered joy isn't a feeling—it's the source of all gladness.
Stuck in the Attic: When Depression Crashed My Christmas Engagement
Getting trapped in my attic while looking for Christmas boxes became the perfect metaphor for the depression I'd been hiding from my fiancé. Sometimes asking for help is the only way down.
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