In this short and unfiltered episode, I talk about being thankful that God never changes—even when I do. Lately, I’ve felt jaded and foggy. I finally submitted my book proposal, but my heart has felt weak. My faith feels small, and I miss the girl I used to be—confident, funny, fully alive—yet back then, I was spiritually dead. Now I’m alive, but some days I feel dead. Justice mentioned that he senses something shifting, like a storm is brewing in a good way. He doesn’t usually say things lik...
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In this short and unfiltered episode, I talk about being thankful that God never changes—even when I do. Lately, I’ve felt jaded and foggy. I finally submitted my book proposal, but my heart has felt weak. My faith feels small, and I miss the girl I used to be—confident, funny, fully alive—yet back then, I was spiritually dead. Now I’m alive, but some days I feel dead. Justice mentioned that he senses something shifting, like a storm is brewing in a good way. He doesn’t usually say things lik...
In this short and unfiltered episode, I talk about being thankful that God never changes—even when I do. Lately, I’ve felt jaded and foggy. I finally submitted my book proposal, but my heart has felt weak. My faith feels small, and I miss the girl I used to be—confident, funny, fully alive—yet back then, I was spiritually dead. Now I’m alive, but some days I feel dead. Justice mentioned that he senses something shifting, like a storm is brewing in a good way. He doesn’t usually say things lik...
Two weeks after my last recording, I sit down to share an update. It has been a mix of depression, anxiety about financial security, and wrestling with the unknown future. In this episode I talk about: The ways I have struggled with fear, sadness, and feeling fragile.How the church here has shown up for us, tangibly being the body of Christ.An update on the kids schooling option and why we decided to go with private educationThe unexpected gift of meeting new friends and being invited to dinn...
Recorded 9/22. I walk through the last few weeks: closing on our house, the trip to Pennsylvania, and arriving while the world felt shaken. I share how I learned about Charlie Kirk’s assassination on the drive in, why I stepped back into silence, and how sickness and an emergency MRI left me physically crippled and emotionally raw. This episode is honest and quiet. I read from Hinds’ Feet on High Places and reflect on what it means to ask for valor and then be placed on a hill that makes grow...
Yesterday, we sold basically everything we own. The long-prepared “surrender sale” finally happened, and today I am sitting here exhausted, tender, and raw—recording this episode in real time. I share stories from the sale, including Reverie’s crib, a woman who bought Valor's rocker and the piano for $1000 out of pure generosity. I open up about the grief and lament that follows this kind of surrender. In the middle of it all, I return to a piece of writing I penned weeks ago: a Bible study o...
In this week’s shorter and messy vulnerable episode I wanted to delete, I share what my husband’s recent trip to film the Leadville 100 in Colorado stirred in me about the Christian life. This week held so much weight for our family. Emma turned sixteen—the same age I was when I had her—and on the very day I recorded this, Justice officially adopted her. A moment of redemption and joy right in the middle of a season where we’ve felt tired, stretched thin, and in the midst of spiritual w...
In this week’s real-time “audio vlog,” I share the big and small moments marking our final weeks in Texas before uprooting our family and moving to Pennsylvania. It’s not pre-planned or polished — I jotted a few bullet points, but otherwise, consider it a coffee date with me… only I’m the one doing all the talking. In this episode, you’ll hear: How I got to meet the new owner of our home in person — and why it felt like such a personal kindness from the Lord.A wild, God-orchestrated story con...
This is the episode that makes sense of everything to come. We just sold our home in Texas. We’re about to sell everything we own and move to Pennsylvania without a clue what we’re doing. But this? This is the story behind the story. Inside this foundational episode, I share: — The loss of our son, Valor — The journey through grief, pruning, and surrender — The real-time steps of walking with God into unknown places — The moments that have begun shaping me into a woman...
In this short and unfiltered episode, I talk about being thankful that God never changes—even when I do. Lately, I’ve felt jaded and foggy. I finally submitted my book proposal, but my heart has felt weak. My faith feels small, and I miss the girl I used to be—confident, funny, fully alive—yet back then, I was spiritually dead. Now I’m alive, but some days I feel dead. Justice mentioned that he senses something shifting, like a storm is brewing in a good way. He doesn’t usually say things lik...
