Category: non-fiction
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Emotions: Joy
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. —Emily Dickinson I’ve been thinking a lot about the purpose of my blog. What is it exactly? I know, right? I’ve had many objectives since I started—from journaling about the story of my recovery, to photography, art, poetry, a bit of fiction (still…
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Sweet Surrender
I’ve been pondering this particular rewrite for several weeks now. While thinking about it, I created the featured image so that I could offer you a visual representation of what surrender looks like “to me.” What’s fascinating is that, in the process, what I was creating taught me a little something about surrender that I…
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The Author of My Life
You know what I love the most about writing my story? New chapters. Fresh, white, clean pages–not yet colored with ink—lay crisp and uncreased, just waiting for me to pen something new. Something different. Something unique to my own story. I’m actually back to the rewriting of my original story, Unteach Me, and I’ve made…
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In the Beginning
Let’s start anew! After 3 years and 10 months of being on this blog, and while suffering from COVID-itis (also known as having extra time and trying to make good use of it), I’ve decided… WHAT THE HECK, let’s go back to the beginning. Something I’ve realized is that our stories get old. They become…
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The Confession Series
Part One: I didn’t believe in God, so I never really feared going to hell… but then again, I didn’t need to. Hell had made its way to earth and was coming for ME. Part Two: I was a shy and quiet girl, from a perfectly normal family, who JUST wanted to fit in and be…
a sprinkle of faith 