When I sat down to write this post, I sat in silence for a few moments.
What did I want to say?
How did I want to say it?
Of course fear crept in too.
“Will anyone even care what I have to say?”
If you haven’t noticed, I haven’t written a thing in over a year. Closer to 18 months.
But either way … we’re back.
And I guess that’s all that really matters right? So many people have had a rough couple of years for various reasons, both related and unrelated to the pandemic; I am not exempt from that. And I’m sure I’ll share the details along the way as time progresses.
However, I think a great lesson is the “bounce back” – how will I come back after being gone for a while? Will I ultimately decide to quit? Or will I decide to forge forward and push past all the adversity that I’ve come to face?
I have a story, and you do too. And I’m happy that you’re reading this because it means 1.) you stuck it out with me and 2.) you’re ready to shift and grow like I am.
If I’ve learned nothing else in the 18 months that I’ve been gone, it’s been that my life was not working for me the way it was going. And while I made changes along the way, I lack the consistency to make those changes really stick. So that’s my word for this NEW journey: Consistency.
When I started Her Journey to Freedom, I expected it to be a space where women (and men) could gather and be their true selves. I Imagined it would be a space where we could “take our bra off” and just let it all hang out. I expected it to be a space where we could be real and honest about our mental health, about God, and about what all of that means together.
I did not expect for it to be a space where I would heal.
But it is. It will be. Her Journey to Freedom is all those things, but also a space where healing and finding true worth and value lives and breathes.
It is a space where honesty thrives. It is a space where vulnerability inhales, exhales, and finds comfort.
Before, this space was somewhat surface level. I am now ready for it to be deep.
So I pray that as I navigate healing, consistency, honesty, and vulnerability, you navigate those things with me as well. I pray that you open your heart up to learn and converse about hard topics with me like breakups and depression, while also laughing with me about dating and all that nonsense.
In closing, I am grateful that you are here with me. I’m sorry I’ve left you for so long. But I’m back, better than ever, and so ready to Journey with you <3.
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