Dr. Bogin would smile behind his round black frames if he could meet Charming at our Thanksgiving party. He taught me that no day is wasted, even the 5,127 we spent apart. Now I see: God doesn't work in clean slates—He works in yearbook themes where everything connects.
Faith & Mental Health
When Students Write Bucket Lists and God Writes Mine: A Teacher’s November Rain
My sophomores wrote bucket lists while Bobby McFerrin sang "Don't Worry, Be Happy," but I couldn't stop thinking about my upcoming marriage and Paul's letter to the Philippians. Sometimes the best lesson plans teach the teacher.
My Student Anna: When God Answers Prayers with a Teenage Helper
I prayed for strength to survive losing my second yearbook class. God sent me Anna, a seventeen-year-old who thinks like me and holds up my arms like Moses at the Red Sea. Sometimes prayers are answered in INFJ teenagers.
Living with ADHD While Planning a Wedding: Why I Can’t Focus
Save the Date cards sit unfinished while my mind jumps between yearbook deadlines and Charming's need for attention. Sometimes being newly diagnosed with ADHD explains everything—and complicates everything else.
From Fort Monroe Beach to Duck Methodist Church: Finding Our Perfect Wedding
Charming proposed again with my real ring on a pier in the Outer Banks, then we found the white church with a steeple I'd dreamed of since childhood. Sometimes God writes fairy tale endings in the most perfect settings.
Why I Stopped Waiting for My Life to Begin: Lessons from an Engagement
When you realize you want to spend forever with someone, you want forever to start now. But what if the waiting room is actually part of the gift?
When Love Isn’t About Timing: Four Days Without Prince Charming
I broke up with Charming over our timing conflict—I'm ready for marriage, he's not. But driving away in a storm, God ministered to me through worship music. Is he worth the wait?
The Prayer Bracelet I Made at 2 AM After My ADHD Diagnosis
I could never focus during prayer until I understood why. Here's how my ADHD diagnosis led me to create a bracelet that finally helps me talk to God.
Finding My Ancestor in a Roman Church: When God Writes Your Italy Story
While my students visited the Vatican, I found my great-great-great grandfather's legacy in a Waldensian church in Rome. Sometimes the best travel stories aren't about famous sights—they're about discovering who you really are.
Why I Keep Praying for Children When God Stays Silent
A disabled veteran's sermon about running from God hit me like a landmine. Here's what I learned about my own rebellion, biological clocks, and the prayer I'm afraid to stop praying.
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