From where I’m sitting
Reflections on relationships, connection, and the courage to grow
Is this love or just social media talking?
Social media often reduces relationships to simple rules and trends, but love and connection are far more complex. Learn why online relationship advice can be misleading and how couples can focus on authentic connection instead.
It takes a village.
Life’s challenges are easier to navigate with a supportive community. Discover why your village sustains you, strengthens resilience, and lifts you when you fall.
You are allowed to begin again.
Life does not require perfection; you are allowed to reset, rebuild, and begin again. Discover how reflection, courage, and support make new beginnings possible.
Not everything you carry is yours.
Many people carry emotional burdens that were never theirs to hold. Learn how reflection, therapy, and connection can help you release the weight and lighten the load.
You can be loved, and still feel alone.
Even when people care about you deeply, you can feel unseen. Learn how reflection and awareness can create connection and closeness.
Fill the bucket.
The service, pt. 2
The service, pt.1
As the lights raised and people began to take their seats, I took a quick glance around the room to notice that we were (seemingly) the only same-sex pair sitting in the room. The message started as they do - scripture reading - casual joke - then a dive into the Word. The minister challenged their audience that what we practice becomes what we are.
Sifting through the rubble.
There have been a lot of moments that felt like a tornado ripping through my very spirit. Moments that I thought I would not get through. Having calls made for my expulsion from University because of my identity. Losing friends because of their own prejudiced ideals against the queer community. But, what is remarkable is how my soul continued to grow - it persisted. The trees grew through the rubble - still visible - still very much a part of my history - but now surrounded by new growth - new hope in what comes after the storm.
Loving yourself is radical.
There are moments in life when you can feel slightly out of sorts—nothing catastrophic, nothing you can necessarily point to and name, just a quiet heaviness that settles into your body. The kind of feeling that makes everything seem a little duller, a little slower, a little more distant than usual. I had one of those moments recently.