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The Scale Doesn’t Know How Strong I’ve Become
Learning to measure my health by more than pounds—and finally giving my almost-50-year-old body the credit she deserves. I’ve been a diabetic since 2021. And if I’m being completely transparent, I hate that I’m on seven different medications for diabetes and other health conditions. Seven. Sometimes I look at them and think, How did I…
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“Girl, You’ve Gotten So Strong!”
I left the gym yesterday with a smile on my face. Not because I had my best workout. Not because I hit a personal record. But because of something someone said to me as we were leaving class. One of the ladies at the gym walked over and said, “Girl, you’ve gotten so strong!” She…
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The Human Side of Forgiveness
Forgiveness has always been hard for me. I wish I could say that when someone hurts me, I can simply forgive, move on, and never think about it again. But that’s not how it works for me. Maybe it’s because I’ve always believed that forgiveness and forgetting go hand in hand. And if I’m being…
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Somewhere Between the Pages, I Healed
There was a season in my life when I felt completely lost… like I wasn’t enough. In the span of a year, I met heartbreak, deep loneliness, and the loss of my father. I learned how to carry it all quietly—how to look strong while feeling heavy. So I wrote. Page after page, I poured…
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Why “Lantern Heart”?
A few years ago, I faced adversity and found myself struggling with the weight of negative emotions. Even with all the blessings in my life, I still felt an unsettling sense of incompleteness. That year was filled with emotional challenges… I also witnessed unkindness in toxic communities, saw people silently battling depression, anxiety, terminal illnesses,…