The Masks Never Stay On Forever

For a long time, I believed the best in people. If someone smiled at me, I smiled back. If someone needed help, I helped. If someone called me a friend, I treated them like one. Maybe that is just the way my heart works. I have never been very good at keeping score. I did…

That’s what happened to her.

There was a time when I worried about what people thought of me. Why I was quiet some days.Why I seemed stronger on some days than others.Why I talked about God so much.Why I held onto hope when life gave me every reason not to. The truth is, life changes you. Loss changes you.Grief changes…

Stronger than I Thought I was

One way I have grown this year is learning how to keep moving forward even when life feels incredibly difficult. Losing my dad in March this year changed my life in ways I never expected. Some days I still find myself wanting to pick up the phone and try calling him. Other days I feel…

My word for the year: Healing

heal·ing/ˈhēliNG/ noun 1. The process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. I am healing. Healing from covid. Healing from trauma. Healing from the past. Healing from ailments. Healing from strife. Healing from everything that has cut me open and left me to bleed out. I am healing mentally. I am healing physically. I….