Welcome to my little space on the internet. I am so glad you are here, and hope you will stay around for a while.
I am a wife and a mom of two energetic boys and one sweet girl – our surprise to wrap up our family. Although I’m a Southerner by birth, I’ve become somewhat of a gypsy since marriage, traveling across the United States twice and being stretched with each move. Today, we make our home in western Maryland.
I am also a writer, an avid reader, a photography lover, and a drinker of copious amounts of coffee. I love curling up with a good book by the wood stove, and I find myself most at home surrounded by mountains. But most of all, I am a child of God. He is my life, my breath, the reason I get up every morning, and the reason I write.
Writing has been my passion for as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl, I used the television’s static to hold the pages of my freshly written poems while my dad tried to watch the evening news.
For much of my early adult life, I rarely shared my writing with anyone. After college, I abandoned my dream to write for many years because I didn’t think it was a realistic or practical way to make a living. But God has a way of resurrecting passions and dreams.
My passion for writing was reborn after the birth of my first child.
For over a year, I struggled with postpartum depression, and writing was one of the pursuits that brought me life again.
I realized that my identity was not firmly rooted in who I was in Christ, and I was basing my self-worth on the opinion of others and my ability to perform as a wife, mother, friend, and colleague. When I decided to become a stay-at-home mom, all those distractions I used to determine my value disintegrated.
In my search for stability, I found that God alone determines my life has worth. He says I am “fearfully and wonderfully made” and that he “created my inmost being.” (Psalm 139) Before I was even born, he saw me and knew my life’s purpose.
This blog was born because I felt God pushing me to share my writing with others who may feel alone in their struggles. My desire is for you to know you are created by a God who will relentlessly pursue you, even during the darkest times. That even in the midst of a messy life with an endless pile of laundry and dishes, the hope of Christ can be found.
Here’s what you can expect to find here:
- Biblically based encouragement to ground you in the truths of who God says you are instead of the noise of the world
- A fresh perspective to help you see God even in the thick of life’s messes
- Real conversations about real struggles with faith and doubt, and practical tools to help you move forward. Because no one needs fake.
I hope to see you here again, friend. I promise to be authentic, vulnerable and real with you as we explore this life together and find hope in the everyday. Even when it’s messy.
*Photos courtesy of Katye Schrec Photography
