Roots & Hope
Soulful Reflections on Faith, Healing, and Young Adulting
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I see you holding that fear. You’re afraid to log off of every site and every app, because maybe, you’ll miss out on the modern things of life, and maybe you’ll have to release the steady noise of headlines, speculations, and global worries, but please, do not live in shame. You are not alone if…
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Yesterday, my friend reminded me of this poem. I wrote it in 2017, for my hometown: Arkansas cotton fields to Detroit landscapes, My family’s southern roots blossomed into maple trees and dandelions decorating yards On the city’s west side, Summer scents of blackened charcoal watered my mouth in hunger for hot dogs perfectly grilled,…
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When I feel like a failure, I shall live. When I feel alone, I shall live. When tragedies touch my life, I shall live. When my story feels insufficient, I shall live. When worries trouble me, I shall live. When I feel like giving up, I will keep going because I shall live.
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I used to fear that you were disgusted with these holes across my heart. I used to worry that my memories of feeling alone, forgotten and rejected dug so much out of me that I was empty. But how amazing you are: you see me based on the wholeness of your love, offering me forgiveness,…
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Impressed with himself, he announces his worth with a loud recitation of awards and accomplishments and important people he knows. Satisfied, he finishes his speech, and asks me, “So what do you do?”, almost as if he is genuine, almost like he does not know that it is obvious he is testing my value. Up…
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Give yourself time to get through it and learn from it, to cry and cuss and wonder how you’ll overcome. You don’t have to know how to summarize the beauty of your struggle right away. You don’t have to worry that your gift for uplifting an open heart and a hungry ear will expire soon.…
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Lord, Today is a new day. Thank you for waking me up to see it. Thank you for not allowing yesterday’s troubles to defeat me. Thank you for being my reason to go on in victory. Today, I can begin to change how I speak to myself. I can begin to change how I treat…
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I am proud of you. I am overwhelmed with gladness because you are still here, breathing and living and moving. I admire what courage looks like in your life, in your now. I am proud of you for all the challenges you have already overcome, some of which I may not ever know or understand.…
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For years, I have held a huge fear of what others think of me. Social situations, regardless of scope, have routinely tackled my well-being. Whether always worrying that someone doesn’t like me or feeling panicked at a party, I am skilled at social anxiety. Amazingly though, I am beginning to notice a shift in my…
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I feel comically naked and tremendously plain. It is rare for me to go any day without adorning myself with earrings. A girl of simplicity, in some ways, I definitely don’t have the most fashion sense. My closet is minimalistic with the exception of “show OUT” items for special occasions 😂. So long as I…
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