the last two nights I’ve had trouble sleeping. and it’s not just rolling around in the middle of the night, restless. it’s laying awake in bed for hours at a time, frustrated with my mind’s inability to just chill. I get angry and desperate. I end up in furious tears because nothing helps and I […]
we are so attracted to vulnerable and authentic people, yet so completely terrified of being one. I wrote that as a “we” statement because I’d like to believe I’m not the only one who feels this way. I love following people on Instagram that both show and discuss their real lives, not just post the highlight reel […]
2018 Things I’m grateful for from 2018… family visiting us in Salt Lake new and stronger friendships built in SLC community in SLC – our church, our small group singing worship at church – this absolutely changed my life paid off my student loans!! moving back to Ohio – being able to be around all […]
Salt Lake City got a foot of snow on Saturday – looks like Spring is not as near as I’d hoped. Usually, I’m the type to complain about the cold, but lately I’ve been challenged to accept it and even enjoy it. Last week, I went snowboarding for the first time in over a year. […]
It’s been about a month since I’ve posted. At first this felt like failure because I had a goal to post every Monday in 2018. Then I remembered my word for this year – GRACE – and I talked myself through the last month thinking when would i have had the time to sit down […]
Goodness, January flew by! I can’t believe the first month of 2018 is over – whoa. I love reflection. I have found a lot of value in processing what has happened in the past, and using it to gain perspective moving forward. This is a huge part of my relationship with God, as I can […]
I just realized this today, but this post is #50 on my blog! Sometimes I struggle to think of what to post about, while other times it flows out of me pretty easily. Today is one of those struggle days. Mostly because I barely slept last night & procrastinated writing this until this morning (oops). […]
I originally thought this post was just going to be about working out in the winter, but the more I thought about what I was writing, the more I realized I needed to talk about something else first: body image. To be completely transparent: my motivation for working out at all isn’t always what it […]
For about a year, one of my biggest struggles has been sleep. I would lay awake for hours, trying to fall asleep, stressing myself out. Constantly thinking – now I’ll get 7 hours of sleep, which is fine. Now I’ll get 6. Now I’ll only get 5 hours and I’ll be so tired at work […]
A few days ago, I was sitting across from my best friend in her house, chatting about her dream for the future. She had music playing in the other room as always, and I wasn’t really listening to it. All of a sudden, my ears picked up a familiar melody I hadn’t heard in years. […]
