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Silly Rhyme
The voice that said you must be wed is dead In its stead you must be fed and lay in bed Please use your head and be well read Take the time to look inside your mind care for your heart before each start and make sure you laugh because that’s the best thing you Continue reading
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Outside the Church
Their stories are accepted and embraced I am a disgrace I turned my back on ministry I question things I have been taught I am dissatisfied with the imperfect life because I was told perfection looked like marriage to a “Christian” man children to take care of or a total sacrafice of my single life Continue reading
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Being 30: Single and Dating
It’s been far too long since I have checked in with myself about my singleness. For much of my teens and early 20s, I scrambled to change my relationship status. I longed for a partner to help me with the big life changes, to affirm me, to romance me, and to help me take brave Continue reading
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Never Been Kissed
It is truly odd what our first thoughts are when we wake up in the morning. Luckily, the majority of the time, my thoughts are on Jesus (this has only come with practice and by God’s grace). However, this morning, I woke up and my thoughts were on the film Never Been Kissed, and specifically, Continue reading
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His Best
Singleness can really hurt sometimes. When you have the very real desire for marriage and family, and another year passes you by, and you are seemingly nowhere closer to that dream, it hurts. What can be hard for me, personally, is when I see a possibility with someone great, but then God says, “No”. I Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 