About ME – A Labor of Love

A New Chapter

And just like that, 2025 is already coming to a close. It’s been far too long since I’ve written a blog post, and my heart is definitely feeling it. Writing has always been so therapeutic for me, and I have missed it. There are a number of factors contributing to my lack of posting, the…

Speak

There is a time to say it and a time to pray it. Just because something is true doesn’t mean it should be spoken. Goodness, this is a truth that has become FAR more rampant with the advent of social media and the ability to say exactly what we are thinking with a few clicks…

Reflections

“Look, Mommy!!” The little girl squealed with delight as she leapt with all her might into the puddle before her. As the water droplets rose into the air around her, she started down at her red rubber boots. Little lines pierced through the crystal clear water, and her reflection was distorted. Strange curves, twists, and…

Wait

“Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.” Waiting. It’s something we do so often, yet it something we may never truly master! I see it in the eyes of my little brother as he excitedly counts down the days until his birthday. I see it in the…

August 6th

Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite. On August 6th, 2022, Brendan asked me to marry him. We got engaged at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens in a moment I will treasure for the rest of my life. When Brendan’s original photography plan fell through, he asked sweet Shaila to take our engagement…

Hope

Looking back on these past few months, I can scarcely believe how much has happened! I guess it goes to show how crazy this year has been that it has taken me six months to write a life update. January through May slipped by so, so fast! It is just now that I feel like…

He Knows

“Will it ever stop?” The words leave my lips in a whisper. I sit on the side of my bed, gazing at my Bible through a haze of tears. Will I ever find peace to weave its way through the waves of emotions that threaten to overwhelm my soul? Will I ever find the breath…

In Time of Test, Family is Best

“In time of test, family is best…” –Burmese Proverb If being in nursing school from 2019-2021 didn’t teach me this, nothing else will!! There is absolutely nothing like going through the nursing program. It is a time of immense growth–the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Nursing school tests you physically, mentally, emotionally,…

Broken and Beautiful

Looking at your pain an inch away Its hard to see the plot Wonder if your story is going to change And you don’t know you’re Too close to find the hope, the light Don’t know just what you are breaking I know that you want to let go But let me hold you through…

Oceans

You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery In oceans deep my faith will stand I remember so vividly standing in the chapel of Covenant College singing these words as a tear slipped down my cheek. I brushed it quickly away…