Ideas do not visit us by accident. Sometimes they arrive quietly, like a whisper that slips into your thoughts while you are washing dishes, walking down the street, or lying awake at night. Other times they come with urgency, like a sudden knowing that something needs to be done, something needs to begin. And in… Continue reading Act
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You Can’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
There is an old saying that people repeat as if it were simple wisdom, something meant to keep us humble and grateful: you can’t look a gift horse in the mouth. It teaches you not to question what you’ve been given, not to inspect it too closely, not to ask whether the gift was really… Continue reading You Can’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Who I Could Have Been If I Was Loved Correctly
Sometimes I think about who I could have been if I had been loved correctly. If the love around me had been consistent. If it had been attentive. If it had known how to hold me without confusing me. I wonder what parts of me would have developed sooner. I wonder if I would have… Continue reading Who I Could Have Been If I Was Loved Correctly
My Disadvantages Are My Advantage
For a long time, I believed I started life behind. I believed that losing my mother early meant I was missing something essential. I believed that having to learn womanhood, emotional regulation, and identity without guidance was a disadvantage I would always be trying to compensate for. Now I understand that what felt like absence… Continue reading My Disadvantages Are My Advantage
They Teach Us That Blood Is Thicker Than Water (But They Never Finish The Sentence)
They teach us that blood is thicker than water. They say it like a rule. Like a warning. Like a leash. But they never tell you the full saying: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Meaning the bonds you choose can be stronger than the ones you inherit.… Continue reading They Teach Us That Blood Is Thicker Than Water (But They Never Finish The Sentence)
Don’t Settle in Any Aspect of Your Life
There comes a moment when you look around at your life your relationships, your career, your habits, your dreams, and you realize how easy it is to shrink yourself into places you were never meant to fit. Sometimes settling doesn’t look like giving up. Sometimes it looks like “making do,” convincing yourself that “this is… Continue reading Don’t Settle in Any Aspect of Your Life
Life Is Too Short To Think or Play Small
There comes a moment in life when you realize you’ve spent too much time shrinking squeezing yourself into quiet corners, lowering your voice, dimming your gifts, trying to fit into spaces never meant to hold the fullness of who you are. And the truth hits you with a kind of holy clarity: life is too… Continue reading Life Is Too Short To Think or Play Small
I wish I could’ve saved her
I wish I could’ve saved her sooner, Younger me.The one with big dreams and a soft heart.The one who believed everyone’s wordsExcept her own. I wish I would’ve had faith in little me.The girl who whispered promises in the dark,Vows to escapeVows to growVows to survive. I wish I would’ve listened to little me.She had… Continue reading I wish I could’ve saved her
I Wish
I wish I listened to what others really had to say.Not in the way I used to, scanning every word for clues on how to be accepted, how to be liked, how to finally feel enough.But in the way that would have set me free.In the way that asked: Do these people even care about… Continue reading I Wish
The Power of Faith in our Words
Every time we say, “I don’t know,” it’s like we’re telling God we have no faith in what He can do or no belief in what He has already done. It’s easy to feel uncertain, especially when faced with challenges, but those moments of doubt are the very times we need to remember that God’s… Continue reading The Power of Faith in our Words