Grace and Curls- a twisted kinda beautiful new beginning.

New Years resolutions are things I've always set but never bothered to fully tackle or hold onto necessarily. So for this year, I decided to write a mission statement for the year instead! Rather than the "do this in 2019 or else you're a failure of all things" mentality (you know we all feel that when we break resolutions), I decided to approach the year with ways I want to live, lifestyles I want to develop, and new ways of heart re-setting I want to grow into. This way, I have guidelines and goals of ways I really want to embody and live. They're merely ideas to focus into rather than tasks to check off of a list. If I create the awareness of how I want to live differently than years past, I can practice these ways more and more, go back and read this again and again, and keep making myself better and more focused with each day. I think this is a great trajectory for myself, but also felt encouraged to share it here for anyone else looking for a God-focused res...

Hello, Sweet Readers!  I hope that your eyes are gazing over these words in a place of happiness and peace today, wherever you may be in this wild ride known as ‘life!’ I myself am sitting in my new little room in New York where I will be living and working for the summer in The Hamptons! I’ve never typed a blog post from New York before, much less in the middle of a pretty surreal little place like East Hampton, so I am hoping that this post comes with some fresh life and perspective for both myself, and specifically those reading it, to gain.     When I started this blog series this year, I wanted to call it ‘Grace and Curls’ for a reason. I wanted to write about the graces that come with life ;  God’s goodness, the  beautiful things in life , the positive outlooks and views on the world, etc. But I also wanted to be able to take time in this year to write about the messy stuff that doesn’t get as much attention; the kinks and bumps and ‘curls’ of our lives, i...

Labels; they are everywhere. Whether it is in a store, your pantry, or your Google calendar, much of our lives involve labels. Aside from showing the brand on your soup can or notifying you of a meeting on your phone, labels seem to overcome a great part of our existence when it comes to defining ourselves as human beings. They seem to be something that affect our energies, our days, and our happiness, and often in a negative manner. Sometimes they even affect our quality of life when they touch us deep enough. Labels can be just one word: Late. Annoying. Loud. Messy. Weak. Unintelligent. Depressed. Addict. Failure. Or they can be lengthy thoughts: Not good enough. Won’t be able to accomplish that. Always trying and failing. Never going to come back from that. Negative labels are given to us all the time. Maybe you have experienced this recently and it has de-railed a goal you had. Maybe you have experienced this and it made you feel less about yourself. Maybe someone professed a l...

Hey lovers of life! How are you feeling today! I hope these words find your eyes in a place of peace and happiness wherever you are! Maybe it's been a great week so far. Maybe you're having one of the worst days imaginable. Wherever you may be, remember, you're here right now. You've made it this far today, and with some deep breaths, and gratitude, you'll make it til tomorrow as well!  Regardless of where you are, I think it's more than a necessary time for some inspiration and motivation in each of our lives. I know I have surely been eager for the time to write, and with recent world events, I'm happy I have that time today.  Many of you may have seen the Facebook live video that I posted this past weekend. If you haven't, I encourage you to go peep my profile and watch it, as it may be one of the most important and weighted things I feel that I've said in a long time, on or off this blog.  To recap, I've been super heavy in thou...