God, so often do I forget the gift that is my own life. So tangled up am I in daydreams, in places where I believe you are more present. This place I am now is not what I would have asked for, and it's so much easier (and safer and more fulfilling) to fantasize about [...]
It has been one year since I chose to spend the month of February pausing to reflect on my daily life, writing of the things I pondered and discovered there. Not much has changed for me in the year: Same job, same house, same messy and hyper puppy, same struggles, same relationship status, same temptations. [...]
In the throes of my anxiety, The depths of my people pleasing, The canyon-like width of my “What-if’s;” In the thread that holds them all together, making me desperate to know others’ thoughts toward me, I’ve been taught to say, “Who cares?” And keep moving forward. But this dismissive attitude has never sat well with [...]
Where Soul Meets Story 