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Discovering the world and myself.
Stories shaped by faith, adoption, identity, relationships, healing, and the songs that keep bringing me back to Him.
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The people I love, the life we’re building, and the moments in between.
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The story behind the writing — adoption, family, faith, and the experiences that have challenged, changed, and shaped the way I see the world.
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Worship, covers, recordings, and the songs that have brought me back to Him through different seasons.
“I was made for this. There’s a well in my soul, and You’re filling it. All my heart sings, ‘I am Yours,’ as my spirit lifts to You from my vocal cords.”
Essays
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Reflections on faith, identity, relationships, culture, and the questions that don’t always have easy answers.
Latest
Recent writing
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What Purity Culture Couldn’t Teach Me
In my previous article, Let’s Talk About Purity Culture, I reflected on how growing up in the evangelical church shaped my understanding of sex, marriage,…
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When Silence Becomes the System: IBLP and Purity Culture
Another Duggar has been arrested on molestation charges.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/joseph-duggar-arrest-child-sex-abuse.html When the news broke, you bet I’d be writing about it again—not from a place of…
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Political Theater
I’m not a Trump supporter. I haven’t been. And acknowledging something done well in a speech doesn’t suddenly make me one. In fact, a…
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The Quiet Grief of Friendship Breakups
For a long time, I’ve had to wrestle with the reality that I’ve been the common denominator in friendships that didn’t last. That’s not…
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Holy in the Hard
I brought my kids to the ranch where I grew up, something I hadn’t done in eight years. The last time I was here,…
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Some Roads Don’t Take You Back
Some roads don’t take you back; they carry you forward.Still, I needed to walk this one more time.There’s healing in returning, especially when grace…