I’ve always wanted to do a staycation; so when the Lexington Hotel reached out for stay in October, I was much obliged. My staycation ironically fell on the weekend of my birthday, which was a great way to bring in my new year. I packed my…
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With all hell breaking out around you, tears falling to the ground, and debt rising; it would seem strange to praise God. In the story of Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles, he and his men were up against three armies in war: the Moabites, the Ammonites, and…
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I’ve been in my apartment for about two weeks now and I’m still amazed at God’s faithfulness. I get reluctant to share, sometimes, only because I want y’all to get the fullness of the testimony; not pieces. I don’t want to boast about myself but rather…
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I don’t know how else to describe the past few weeks of my life aside from: dark. There were days that I laid in bed and felt a dark cloud lingering over me. Darkness can be an analogy for confusion; it can be the time between…
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Ya’ll know I’ve been in this singleness season for quite some time but no one is counting *coughs 6 years. I’ve gone through my share of seasons: happiness, contentment, impatience, joy, learning, stretching, healing, anger, and disappointment. The one practice that I’ve started to implement is…
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I know what it’s like to wait on something and feel like everyone is getting it but you. This is how I’ve felt about my singleness just about every day over the past few months. I have been waiting, and praying, and serving, and fasting; living…
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I remember very early on in my singleness, I read all the books on singleness and marriage and watched all the YouTube videos on “the wait”. In my mind, I was training myself to be a wife. I was “working on myself” so that I would…
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I have a pretty simple skincare routine since I don’t suffer much from breakouts. However, the one thing I would love to enhance about my skin has always been my dark spots, under-eye discolorations, and dry skin during the winter months. Watching some of my favorite…
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I am tired of being single and I am tired of being celibate. The first four years of celibacy were a breeze but the last two years of this journey have been the hardest. The hardest! After losing my dad, the struggle got real. The feeling…
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“If it’s for me, let it last; if it’s not, let it pass.“ One of the bravest things I’ve done is allowed God into the most vulnerable parts of me; although He’s fully aware of it all. Months into “putting myself out there”, with dating, I…
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