Category: Faith
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2023, Here We Come: On Hope & Expectation
2023 is just around the corner. And it’s mind boggling to me! What happened to this year? How exactly did it fly by so quickly? It seems like just yesterday I was living in 2021 and setting my intentions for 2022. But in the blink of an eye, a year has passed and now I’m…
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Simply Giving: On Thanks Among Sorrow
I’ve felt true and utter pain before. When I was diagnosed with bipolar; when I faced devastating depression; when I went through a breakup; etc., etc. I have felt that sorrow, felt that longing for healing and hope. But let me tell you something: it is possible to simply give thanks even when we hurt,…
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Savor: On Seasons Of Life
Seasons are weird. And I’m not talking fall, winter, spring, and summer — although, those can be weird, too. I’m talking the seasons of life: ever-changing, the ebbs and flows, the beginnings and ends of eras. This season for me has been mostly sweet with a touch of longing. This season has been marked with…
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We Did It! 2021 Highlight Reel
2021 was a big year. I wound up not returning to law school, was promoted to working at Summit full-time, started and ended a relationship, and more. Let me walk you through this year’s highlights by month: January I didn’t return to law school after my first and only semester. It was a life-changing moment,…
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Five Years Of Bipolar: On More To Come
Five years ago, on March 18, 2016, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This diagnosis came after a very serious manic episode that resulted in a hospitalization. It came after a week of insomnia and scattered thoughts and concerning ramblings. Every year when March 18 rolls around, I pause and reflect. I stop and think…
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2020: A Year In Review
It was a weird and hard year to say the least. Honestly, that is a major understatement: it was a wild, wacky, devastating, life-changing, year. From start to finish, it was a long twelve months. This was the year of COVID-19 and heightened systemic racism, but it was also the year I started law school…
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Come Together: On Celebration & Mourning
There is a lot happening right now, lots of emotions swirling around. Some people are anxious and terrified of coronavirus. Some people are angry and infuriated by systemic racism in our country. Some people are sad, some people are mad, some people are feeling both, some people are feeling neither. Responding to both the pandemic…
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A Thankful & Delighted Heart: On Non-Plans & Law School
I’m going to law school. Let me say it again and say it louder: I AM GOING TO LAW SCHOOL!!!! Four years ago in Nashville, I decided I wanted to pursue a law degree. For the past three years, I battled debilitating depression and discouraging anxiety. I had mood swings and low dips and dark,…
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Get Up & Follow: On Grace That Moves
Have you ever been paralyzed by fear? I know I have. When I first moved back from Nashville and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I faced crippling fear and anxiety. Afraid I would always be depressed. Anxious that I would never be able to feel a sense of normalcy again. Afraid I would always be…
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Four Years Of Bipolar: On Hope + Expectation
I was diagnosed with bipolar four years ago. Four years!! That is four years of all sorts of mood swings, all sorts of both valley and mountaintop moments. That is four years of on-and-off depression and mostly-off manic moments (phew!). My mental health journey has certainly been that: a journey. Years and years ago, a…
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