Category: Purpose
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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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Chasing a Dream I Didn’t Know I Had
When I was sixteen, I remember sitting with my parents and older brother, discussing my options for a college degree. At the time, I knew music was something I was truly passionate about, and since I had dreamed of becoming a teacher since I was six years old, teaching music felt like the perfect career…
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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,…
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Purposeful Living at 45: Navigating Emotions, Finding Faith, and Embracing Change
In 2023, I turned forty five… FORTY FIVE! And for some reason, my mind and my heart were not at peace. I have always been OK with turning a year older; but turning 45 hit me differently. Maybe because I was feeling under the weather that day. I thought a nap and some OTC meds…
The Lantern Heart 