

The Purpose-Driven Death
The Toxic Spiral of Looking for Purpose in Suffering
Sep 27


He Opened Not His Mouth
TW: Religious Abuse | The deadly consequences of silence
Nov 17, 2024


Archives: The Darkest Day: Winter Solstice and Religious Trauma
A little holiday self-destruction and deconstruction
Dec 11, 2023




Skipping Christmas (And Loving Jesus)
Why I Don't Celebrate (If I Don't Want To)
Dec 24, 2022


Remember Me
If I am to remember God's love in my darkest times, I would ask Him to remember what it's like to grieve so hard you drown the whole world.
Dec 16, 2021


"Yes, and...": Counting All Joy, On One Middle Finger
The Power of Validating our Lived Experience |
In my health and trauma work over the past few years, I’ve come to explore and accept the very necessary concept of non-dualistic thinking; yin and yang, opposite but essential, both true… “yes, and.” It's usually called "both/and" thinking.
Jun 24, 2021


Archives: The First-and-a-Half Commandment
Hating yourself will literally destroy your brain and body with illness. Hating your self will destroy your view of God and love for others
Feb 13, 2021


When God Shows Up
If I want to heal, know God, and be restored sevenfold, what should I expect but a whirlwind? When God sends a plague, it sets people free.
Jan 7, 2021


I in Christmas
Keeping the Christ in Christmas is not nearly so important... as keeping the I in Christ.
Dec 24, 2020


Archives: Christmas Crumbling
To those with Lyme, depression, or grief at Christmas: You are not damaged. You are not a Grinch. You are the very embodiment of Christmas
Nov 29, 2019


Archives: A Tale of Two Lymies
Watching my faith fall to pieces, in the hypocrisy of the Christian church toward those who are suffering
Dec 4, 2018


Job's Daughter - Part 2: Back to Job
There is a time to break down. There is a time to weep. There is a time to mourn. There is a time to be silent. Take it, and have peace.
Dec 18, 2017


Job's Daughter - Thoughts on Dying Young
I need to realize the self-fulfilled purpose of merely existing. I was created. I lived. He was glorified. It is finished.
Dec 11, 2017


The Tattoo
Somewhere out there is a young woman whose life has just been derailed by Lyme, unsure if life is still worth living. For her, I write.
Sep 12, 2017





















