One Step At A Time

Every December 31st, the closer it gets to the clock striking midnight, anxiety tightens my chest. Worry plays a haunting game in my mind. And this year was no different. It's funny - even though the last post I shared was about taking off the pressure we put on ourselves during the New Year, I still felt it. I still worried that I’ll make mistakes this year. I can laugh now when I think about having that mindset, but in the moment it was a heavy weight. In that moment of wor

I thought 2025 was going to be my year. I thought I was going to reach the best version of myself where I would be physically fit, thriving financially, goal-focused, and conquering my biggest fears. But that didn’t exactly happen. As I’ve thought about the coming new year, hope has risen: Maybe 2026 will be different. Maybe by the end of next year, I’ll have the life that I’ve always dreamed of living. But those hopes are often shadowed by feelings of shame because I know ho

It’s Thanksgiving week, and as I’m writing this, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. What is Thanksgiving about? The very title “Thanksgiving” can be seen as a directive to give thanks for what we’ve been given.   I could tell you to be thankful and you might be going through one of the hardest things you’ve experienced so far. You might be thinking “How can choosing to be thankful possibly be helpful right now?” In a difficult moment, being reminded to be thankful can be the last

Past, present, and future. Which one do you spend the most time in? I'm pretty sure my answer and what God wants for me don't quite equal the same thing. That’s why I wrote the following quote down when it came to my mind a while back. “You won’t look to the past because it’s gone. You won’t look to the future because it’s not here yet. All you have is this moment. It can’t change the past, but it can help determine the future.” I often find myself overthinking a moment that

Hi friends! I wrote the short story you’re about to read a couple of months ago, and it’s inspired by how my mama has described to me the different mindsets we can have about life as a different pair of glasses we wear. There are times I can think clearly and honestly about a situation, but there are other times—like today—that I struggle with worry. I focus on the difficult things instead of remembering that God is with me, lives inside me, and is ready to be my strength. Th

Hi friends! Sorry for the missed post last week. I'm already planning a short story for next week, so you'll get two posts in a row! Today, though, I want to talk about finding peace. There’s a sense of coming home every time I pull out my Bible. There’s a feeling of peace and rest that starts to burn a little brighter inside my heart when I open the pages. Sometimes, guilt will try to cloud my mind, but as I go deeper into the scriptures and study, I find the rest that I so

With all that goes on in the world, I’ve been feeling the need for peace, comfort, and quietness for my soul. The words, “Safe Haven”...

How is it already September?? With the first hints of a changing season here in Tennessee, my thoughts have been turning inward,...

I stride down the long, dusty corridors, peeking in every door, into every room, lined with hundreds of books that used to fill the void...

I'm back! It's been a good break from posting but I'm excited to get back to writing and posting again! How have y'all's summers been?...

Hi, everyone! I hope you’ve had a great week so far! I wanted to thank you for reading my blog over the past 11 months. It’s crazy that...

Last year I was at a park in Perú. A "Jesus Walk", is what my mission team and I called it. We made time in our week to go take a walk...

I avoided  writing the blog post for this week.  I was overthinking and worrying that what I wrote or shared wouldn’t be good enough,...

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them…” – Matthew 7:12a “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so...

What does the sky make you think of? When you lay on your back looking up at the starry night or the clouds by day, how do your thoughts...

This week’s post is a little different. It’s more a what-I-want-to-tell-myself post. And that’s because it’s just been one of those...

Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a fantastic week so far. I’d love to hear how God has been ministering to you lately. This week, I’ve...

As I briefly mentioned in last week’s post, there’s a lot going on in my life right now, a lot of things that I can’t control. Which is...

There’s a lot going on in my life right now and a lot coming up. It’s been stressful trying to figure out all the things about all the...

Today is Good Friday, a day that we remember the darkest day in history. It's the day that Jesus, God's one and only Son, died on a cross...