Last week I had the joy of interviewing the creators of Komae, a babysitting exchange app that takes the guilt and cost out of babysitting! I know it sounds like a dream-come-true, but what these ladies set out to do is nothing short of life-changing for women all over the world. These two beautiful women combined forces to bring a real-life …
When You Feel Like You’re Failing at Everything in Life
Have you ever had God smack you upside the head again and again with the same message? Yeah. That was me this week. Again and again He’s been whispering to my heart, “Come here. Your weirdness is wonderful. I made you and I love you and there are lots of other people feeling the same way you do. I love them too.” I …
The Only Way to Solve the Abortion Problem (It’s Not What You Think)
“I’m having an abortion tomorrow.” Her voice was flat. I gripped the phone tighter, the wind knocked out of me. “I just want to make sure I’m not going to lose my job,” she said. The twenty-something girl had carried herself with the confidence that comes from turning heads and raising eyebrows. As her HR Coordinator, I had pegged her …
When You Feel Alone in a Room Full of People
The air left my lungs as I tried to calm my beating heart. “One step in front of another,” I told myself, as I inched forward. Facing me were the backs of 30 high schoolers, all laughing carelessly and engaged in riveting conversations. I alone didn’t belong. Week after week, this scenario played out as my family visited the churches that supported …
When You Have Nothing to Give God
I paced the living room, trying to avoid the pantry and the fridge since I’ve learned they don’t really comfort me anyway. But this restlessness inside… I didn’t know what to do with it. There was a tightness in my chest, like the feeling I get when I should be working but I’m lingering on social media, a sense of …