Tag: depression
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Part 3: My Rebirth
Living My Life Out Loud People often ask what church hurt taught me. My answer surprises them. It didn’t teach me to stop believing in God. It taught me to stop letting other people define my relationship with Him. It taught me something even bigger. Never hand someone else the pen and let them write…
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Part 2: When Your Safe Place Stopped Feeling Safe
The Cost of Losing Yourself There’s something heartbreaking about watching the place that once felt like home slowly stop feeling safe. It doesn’t happen all at once. At least it didn’t for me. It’s little moments. Conversations that leave you questioning yourself. A strange feeling you can’t explain. Walking on eggshells. Wondering if you said…
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Part 1: I Lost God Trying to Please People
The Girl Who Thought She Had to Change If you had asked me ten years ago who I trusted the most, I would’ve probably pointed you straight to my church family. Not because they were perfect. But because they became my family. We had game nights. Cookouts. Birthday parties. Christmas’s. Random evenings spent at our…
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Emotionally Speaking
Some people find joy in the big things, but me? I find mine in the quiet rhythm of words. I’ve been writing poetry since I was five years old, and over time, it became more than a passion, it became a part of me. The way some people breathe air, I breathe poetry… Here’s a…
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Life Changes
When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? I took a leap of faith and committed myself to a church that I was a part of for ten years. I trusted them, fully. I opened my heart in ways I never had before, sharing my deepest secrets, my most…