Somewhere along the line, someone blew out my candle. To them, I wasn’t good enough, smart enough, [wo]man enough, whatever… So they decided to extinguish me.
I’m not sure when it happened, but one day I opened my eyes and realized that I had been living in darkness, that I had allowed my candle to be extinguished, that I had merely become a shell of the person I once was and the person that I had hoped to be.
On that day when I opened my eyes I realized that my heart had been eaten away by the lies that had been told to me and that I was so broken that I didn’t believe that I deserved Light in my life.
But I was wrong.
Years later, I am proud to say that I am well along on my journey to loving myself and re-building my life in the light. So much about my life has changed over these last five years; one of which, is that for the first time in a long time, I have found my fight and darn it, I am going to fight for who I have become.
All of that to say, this is me…
I don’t like to wear shoes. I love the color orange. I’m learning to be a morning person, but still don’t favor breakfast. I am easily excited, over ambitious, and hungry for more:
More knowledge
more depth
more travel
more of God
just more!
I like to use big words and adore reading.
I’m a pro at change and a rookie at being okay with that.
I want to be superwoman, but don’t look good in a cape.
I make bad decisions occasionally and occasionally can’t spell occasionally right.
I am an educator and a student of my craft.
I would love for things to make sense, but that’s not quite how this world works, now is it?
All that I know is that I’m a hot mess, but that is the way that God has created me and with Him as my shelter, I know that no one is going to be able to blow out my candle again.
This blog is a conglomeration of the moments that have made me, me. So kick off your shoes, grab a cup of tea, and stay a while. This is the journey of a lifetime; my journey back into God’s beautiful Grace & Light.
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“You are my lamp, O Lord; You turn my darkness into light.”
(2 Samuel 22:29)
Louise in the Light 