I couldn’t fall asleep. My heart was heavy and my mind was spinning with one thought – my imperfections. The day hadn’t gone very well. I thought of all the people who seemed better than me and I was overwhelmed by emotions. Eventually, I fell asleep. But mere sleep cannot remedy a struggle. Our culture […]
I stuffed over 400 envelopes yesterday. For seven hours, I folded letters, placed them in envelopes, and sealed them. At the end of my eight-hour shift, all I had to show for it was two boxes of filled envelopes. I felt slightly triumphant…but also incredibly disgusted. While I’m thankful to have a summer internship, I […]
I’m a Christian good girl. You know: the kind who’s never rebelled against her parents or gotten involved with the wrong crowd. The kind who’s busy doing ministry, who posts Scripture verses on Facebook and Christian quotes on Instagram stories, and has memorized a book of the Bible . . . You know the kind […]
I looked it the mirror as I spun around in a dress I hadn’t worn in a while. Immediately, I began to panic about my reflection. Why doesn’t this dress look the same as it did before? I thought, staring at the mirror. Disgusted, I threw the dress onto my bed as I began to cry. […]
The midday sun streamed through the windows of my best friend’s living room. The gentle hum of laughing and talking was interrupted by my friend’s older sister: she was a college sophomore home for Christmas break and was looking at a photo book of her senior pictures. “Girls, I need to say something, so listen […]
The waves of accusations crashing against my mind began something like this: No one loves you. You don’t have even one true friend who cares about you. You are unwanted; you always have been, and you always will be. The world would be better off if you were dead. The waves of this particular mental assault began about […]
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