My Personal Blog
Every year when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday comes around, I pause, not out of obligation, but out of respect. This day feels personal. As a Black woman in America, Dr. King’s legacy isn’t something I visit once a year. It lives with me. It shows up in how I move through the world, how I ... READ the POST
January has never arrived quietly for me. It shows up loud, confident, and slightly judgmental... armed with planners, resolutions, and the expectation that I should wake up on January 1st as a fully healed, organized, spiritually disciplined woman who suddenly drinks more water and has her life ... READ the POST
Life gets heavy sometimes, for everyone. You can love Jesus, read your Bible, go to church, and still feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained. That doesn’t make you weak. It makes you human. And God meets us in our humanity. If your heart has been tired lately... tired of ... READ the POST
I had to learn something about prayer the hard way. For years I prayed with expectation, not expectation in God, but expectation in how I wanted Him to respond. I prayed with my own script in mind. I prayed assuming God would follow the storyline I imagined. And when He did not, I used to feel ... READ the POST
For the longest time, I believed that being a good Christian meant getting everything right. I thought God was measuring me by how many quiet times I had, how patient I was, or how perfectly I handled every situation. I wanted so badly to make Him proud that I ended up exhausted, constantly trying ... READ the POST
I used to think forgiveness was something that came easily to people who were really strong in their faith. You know, the kind who could smile through hurt and say, “It’s fine, I’ve let it go.” But the truth is, forgiveness has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to learn. It’s messy, it’s ... READ the POST
