I’m not the girl you call when you’re bored or someone you text when you’re on the rocks with your girl. I’m not the place holder filling in until you find your forever. I’m not a void-filler because you’re miserable. I’m not an afterthought or your f***ing punching bag. I’m not your second choice. I’m …
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To My Single Girlfriends
To my single girlfriends who dream of being a wifey and mother, I love you. Inspiration has hit home tonight. My heart feels a bit heavy, and I just needed to tell you that. Listen to me, you, my beautiful sister, are loved beyond anything you can EVER even imagine. I also wanted you to …
Homemade Happiness & Every Emotion in Between
Within the last few weeks, I’ve almost become obsessed with reorganizing my house. I’ve become obsessed with making corners of my home speak of love and happiness because for some time my home wasn’t a place of peace. It was a place of disagreement and disarray. When you think about it, our home is just …
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We’re the Same: You, Me, and the Man Asleep
As I stared at the person before me I felt a tug on my heart that stung just a bit. It stopped me in my tracks. I took notice of his black glasses clean and perfectly set aside on the bedside table across the room. Not far from it lay his iphone and Fitbit, both …
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What Will Heaven Look Like?
I’ve been thinking about heaven a whole lot lately. Probably because people I love reside there now. I try to imagine it. I try so hard in my own grief to imagine what heaven really looks like. When I think of heaven, I see it in the way the sun kisses the water in a …
* You Made Her Better *
You walked into her life so abruptly. Your charm and your smile. That darn smile. That smile made her heart do something weird and fluttery. You weren’t what she expected. You were more and for a moment the world stopped. You danced her around. You laughed with her. You made her feel worthy, but from …
Don’t You Dare Beg For Love, Beautiful Girl
Don’t you dare beg for love, beautiful girl. Because if he can’t see you for the treasure you are and love every shattered piece of your being he was never meant for you in the first place. You were never meant for him. It’s okay to walk away. You’re worth more than rubies and pearls. …
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What a Wonderful Savior What a Wonderful Easter
As I’m sitting here Easter morning alone with no plans but to enjoy time with my cats, clean a little, watch Netflix and Sunday church service, I’m sad at the fact that this is my reality for my favorite holiday of the year. Alone. I love Easter. I love church service and pretty dresses and …
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** From the Heart of an Anxious, Jesus-Loving Respiratory Therapist in the Middle of a Worldwide Pandemic **
The feeling of impending doom has haunted me for the last few days, and we haven’t even seen the worst of it. Yet. We haven’t seen the horror that places like Italy and New Orleans are currently experiencing. Doctors in Italy choosing who gets to live, who gets to die, bringing us back to what …
A Love Letter From My Father
Dear Daughter, I see you. I hear you. I’m with you. I will never leave you. Or forsake you. You are mine. I want you to know something. So listen up, You are enough. You are more than enough. You are so enough I sent my only son to die for you. On a cross. …
Beautifully Wrecked & Gracefully Broken 