fall deeper in love with life, the Lord, and the literary world of Emma Chester

Today, I heard something, that I don't think I've ever really thought of before: We come into the world looking for someone who is looking for us. Ideally, in a healthy, happy, functioning home and birth, we find this belonging in the arms of our mothers. For those of us who don't find that, we cling to the first thing that resembles found. We see this in animals (I can't be the only one following along with Punch the Monkey and his search for belonging?), and I think we se

I think there's a reason that every coming-of-age movie centers on a person in the age range of 16-24; and I can now say that being in the thick of this at 23, A LOT of life happens and rapidly changes over the course of those years. You learn to navigate independence for the first time, many people move out, relocate, and/or start jobs. Friends get engaged, and then married, and then move; family dynamics adjust and accommodate for new seasons of life. Life can feel like thi

I believe it would be best if I started this post by taking a survey: raise your hand if you were a Christian, who never really dated growing up, because you didn't understand how to date, or go about having relationships in a way that looked different than how the rest of the world was "dating", who didn't want to fall into "hookup culture", but also had the emotional maturity of a 14-year old when you actually did start dating because you never got to know people when the r