Broken, Blessed, and Made New

“One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.” – Brigette Nicole I wish someone, somewhere along the line, gave me a rule book to navigate through loss. Not loss like death, rather loss of someone still living. I honestly understand death more than I understand leaving and letting go. What do you do when people leave? What do you do when people change? What do you do when you are forced with a decision to try harder or let things be as they are? After prayer, reading through many quotes on Pinterest, and talking to some of the people I love most in this world, I have come to this conclusion: if it doesn’t bring you joy, let it go. Letting go is not something that comes natural or easy to me. I do the fighting and the trying harder. I do the “let’s talk this through”. I give and give and give for the people I love, because I believe everyone deserves multiple chances, even at the dispense of my own happi...

For a long, long time, I have been praying about starting a blog. There were a lot of reasons why I didn’t and haven’t. I didn’t want people to view me as a girl who broadcasted something openly, because I wanted some kind of attention. I didn’t want the hassles of having to keep up with it. I didn’t want any kind of judgment or criticism that came with posting my thoughts and feelings. I could always come up with reason after reason…until today. I have decided today I forget about what people think and jump into this. In college was when I learned my passion for writing. It became therapeutic for me, and I really fell in love with it. When I was away at USI, I felt like I really came to know who I was – my personality, my strengths, my weaknesses, my identity. It honestly was a time of self-discovery, if you will. Writing was a large part of that, coupled with best friends and Jesus Christ. I can recall countless memories sitting on the floor of our dorm room or the apartment hav...