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Rethink Trauma- Why Me?
I don’t normally write about myself. My blog is full of things I think and sometimes feel. But I realized that I rarely do these getting-to-know-you sorts of things. I figure, knowing about me is the best way to understand why my need for help is so acute. I love...
Read more“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.”
― Fred Rogers
Rethink Trauma- Why?
There is a ton of misinformation about trauma and trauma related disorders. Movies make mental illness into a weird, glamorous thing, where you cry a lot and get to make terrible decisions. I don’t actually cry a lot and I’m still held accountable for most of my...
Faulty Accounting: How I Find It Hard to Trust Other Christians
I've been reading things about what stops us from changing the world. What binds us to the easy comfort of faith and trying to be “good people”. Overwhelmingly, what I've gleaned is that to make an impact you need to get uncomfortable. Be real with yourself when it...
What’s Thicker Than Blood? Pt.3
I didn't really understand what it was like to be friends with me until I really understood what it was like for things to fall apart. Sure, I've had my fair share of friends come and go for different reasons. We all have. So, we all know what it's like to experience...
What’s Thicker Than Blood? Pt.2
Often in The Church, we highlight the good. We like to smooth over the rough bits, find the lessons in difficulties, and pretend that everybody gets along. I'm giving you a permission someone gave me a long time ago: You do not have to like everyone. You do not have...
What’s Thicker Than Blood? Pt.1
My history is different than my husband's and some of my closest friends' in that, family has never been a comfort for me. I didn't grow up with the loving aunts, one of which I've become, or fawning grandparents. I never had protective uncles or teasing cousins....
This is amazing
http://www.upworthy.com/its-hard-to-speak-about-these-things-in-public-so-he-drew-this-instead-5 An incredible look at an adult survivor of sexual abuse.
Bumbling Adventures in Boundaries Pt. Two
GOD has created our hearts to be protected. Not with high walls of stone or metal gates riveted together with bitterness and cynicism. I would say I fall victim to those two, but we're like buddies when we hang out. We have matching leather jackets, and mine is more...
DON’T Pray for Rain (Repost)
In case you didn't go to ReThinkCreative.org last week, which you should do today, here's my guest post on prayer. This weekend I got to see my sister-in-law in her first full marathon. It was exhausting. I had to take a nap afterwards. All over the town it was in...