Borrowed Sadness, Offered in Love
It feels strange to admit this:I cry not only because I have lost someone I love,but because I feel the sorrow of those who have lost what they cannot replace. My grief is real, yes.But it is also borrowed. It…
Grace in every moment
Category Reflections
The Courage to Stay with Truth
God reveals not to wound, but to release. There is a particular kind of joy that arrives when something long-awaited finally appears. After twenty-two years of knowing each other—friendship, distance, reconnection, seasons where timing never quite aligned—I thought, this must…
Anchored to the Constant
There are moments when I feel like giving up. Not in a dramatic way. Not with doors slammed or bridges burned. But in the quiet, heavy way — the kind where fear sits beside you and whispers questions you cannot…
Can I handle the withdrawal?
I am learning something uncomfortable about healing: sometimes it feels worse before it feels holy. For the first time, I am brave enough to name it — I have an anxious attachment style. For a long time, I did not…
Learning to Stay
“See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”— Isaiah 43:19 Every new year carries with it a quiet expectation: that we will grow. That as we age another year, we inch closer to…
The Wounds that Lead to Healing
A Note Before Reading: This Is Holy Ground Dear Reader, If you have been following this space, you know that I believe real growth happens through facing discomfort. This week, I am putting that conviction into practice. The post you…
The Necessity of Discomfort
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how pain, as unwelcome as it feels, often becomes the very thing that saves us. It doesn’t always arrive as punishment—sometimes it comes as permission. Permission to pause. Permission to rebuild. Permission to begin again.…
Advent Calendar Hype?
As we come out of the Solemnity of Christ the King and begin crossing into the quiet threshold of Advent, something becomes unmistakably visible: the sudden explosion of “Advent calendars” everywhere. Makeup Advent calendars, perfume Advent calendars, whiskey Advent calendars—there…
DILI NAKO
We recently celebrated the Solemnity of Christ the King, which marked the end of the liturgical year — a moment the Church pauses, to look back before Advent leads us into new beginnings. Somehow, my soul is ending a chapter…
Christ our King
Today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, I put together several reflections and questions that came to mind. With the help of ChatGPT, I arrived at clearer and more beautiful answers — especially in…