Category: relationships
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Navigating Heartbreak
Lately, my heart hurts. For the first time in years, I gave my heart away. When the relationship ended, my hope felt shattered. The first couple weeks after it ended, every morning when I woke up, I felt sick. The first month, I was overwhelmed with grief. Because I fell in love. Because I felt…
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Accepting Disappointment
One of the most challenging circumstances in life is facing the reality of our powerlessness. In some cases, we have a great deal of agency, yet in others, we must simply accept defeat. This can be incredibly painful. Once a decision is made, we can’t convince a boss to hire us. Or a school program…
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Daring to be Different
In my sophomore year of high school, at a time in my life when I was finding my emerging identity as a young adult, I ventured to a grassy hill at the front of the campus to a Bible study a friend had invited me to attend. I awkwardly sat down on the grass amid…
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Vulnerability Is Hard.
Learning to tell the truth, when you have learned how to pretend, is really, really hard. It is hard to overcome old patterns of coping–denial, distraction, avoidance, worry. It is hard to admit that you are not okay. It is hard–and very humbling. Some days I find myself falling back into old habits instead of…
The Still Small Voice 