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Continue reading →: Circles, Boundaries, and FriendshipWho Is in Your Circle? A circle has no beginning and no end. It exists to contain, to protect, and sometimes to keep things out. A circle can be a boundary and a hug at the same time. It defines space, creates safety, and holds what matters most. I recently…
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Continue reading →: When the House Goes QuietI saw a post today on Facebook that said, “The biggest myth about marriage is that love alone is enough.” That is so true. Love begins a marriage… but it doesn’t sustain it. Commitment, forgiveness, and choosing each other every single day – those are the things that keep a…
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Continue reading →: When Love Wasn’t Enough and Prayer Had to BeWhen I look back, there is no season of motherhood that pressed me into prayer quite like the teenage years, though parenting adult children certainly gives it a run for its money (but that’s another story for another day). The teen years were beautiful and exhausting, sacred and stretching, often…
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Continue reading →: I Thought the Teen Years Were Hard—Then My Kids Grew Up ⭐Parenting Adult Kids When I was the parent of teenagers, multiple teens at the same time, I might add, I truly thought those were the hardest years. There is so much growth packed into that season. Teens are learning self-control, discovering who they are in the world, figuring out how…
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Continue reading →: What I Learned as a 19 Year Old WidowWhen people find out that I was a widow, I almost feel like a fake. I don’t even know if that makes sense to anyone but me. I think it’s because I have a stereotype in my mind of what a widow is supposed to look like. I think of people my…
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Continue reading →: The Pressure to Be “More”An encouragement for the woman who looks confident but feels unseen From the outside, some women look like they have it all together – smart, capable, polished, confident, able to walk into any room and seem like they belong there. Maybe that’s you. Maybe people look at your strengths, talents,…
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Continue reading →: I Wasn’t Raised This Way — and That’s the PointOne of my favorite ministries I have ever been part of was the Ladies Jail Ministry. I’ve shared with the women there many times, “But for the grace of God, I would be sitting right alongside you.” I recognize these women – not by name or face, but by their stories. Trauma?…
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Continue reading →: The Statistic I Was Supposed to Be — and the God Who IntervenedWhen I say that I was a statistic, I can still hear those words echo in my head.I had all the markers of one. I lost my father before I was old enough to know I even had one. I grew up in a home riddled with loss, divorce, single parenting,…
Hello,
I’m Michelle
The purpose of this blog is simple: to be a blessing and an encouragement to anyone who feels weary, unseen, or unsure of where they belong. My life is living proof that God rewrites stories—no matter how broken the beginning or how impossible the middle may feel. Here, I share honest lessons, real experiences, and biblical truth in hopes that you will find comfort, hope, and the reminder that God is still at work in your life. If He can redeem my story, He can certainly redeem yours. You are never too far, too flawed, or too forgotten for His grace.
When God Says Otherwise 