collections of stories
He asked me… "what do you want to be when you grow up?” My initial answer was to deflect my true dreams with a joking response. “a princess…” But then I got serious. I said what was true. “If I could really pick anything I would be an author.” After discussing it a little bit [...]
I was watching Friends (for the 6th or 7th time) this week. I am in season 4 when Ross and Emily are about to get married and Rachel has this wave of boldness where she feels the greatest urge to tell Ross that she’s still in love with him. Everyone, literally everyone, tells her that’s [...]
"It doesn't count if it's not eye to eye." - Gifted Recently, I've been praying. I've been praying that God would speak to me more clearly. I'm a person with a whopping two distinct instances I can remember what God was telling me and when. Every other moment, reveal, has felt gradual. Sometimes it comes [...]
His story was forming before time. He was crafting every detail, every heart, every mountain and valley. He’s the ultimate Orchestrator, the perfect Author. Often times I think that I have some say, some influence, and regretfully …some control. It's when I believe that, I forget. I forget that the [...]
the love of life... is Christ, but His bride is a close second. My heart overflows a little more, each time I walk in her doors astounded and in awe with fresh perspective as to where this branch of the bride of Christ has been. This branch runs deep in me, it's where I found a [...]
On March 12th, I woke up at 3:47am. I sat up straight and I heard, felt, sensed God tell me... “I really am making ALL things NEW.” I’ve never been one to say that “God told me…” or “I heard God say…” because I feel like He never speaks to me audibly. [...]
About 6 months ago, I encountered a season that felt familiar (as in a trend) but at the same time it felt so distant and new to me that I didn’t know what to do. History came to repeat itself when I had three panic attacks in one day. Nobody did anything wrong, I had [...]
I pulled back my covers and climbed into my bed. Usually I am falling asleep to the sound of Gilmore Girls repeating on Netflix but tonight I was just laying there. Exhausted. Tired. Weary. In silence. In the silence I felt anxious. I felt like I was being swallowed. I felt like everything was foggy, [...]
Everything. I met KT during a conference the first year I began working for the local church. I met her because we were stuck in a van together, our van was definitely the best, in May of 2013. When we got home, I asked her if she would mentor me and she graciously [...]
It’s my favorite season. It’s fall. It reminds me of warmth, of cozy clothes, pumpkin everything, golds, browns, and oranges with hints of white, and of getting to use our amazingly cute fireplace. It is my favorite place in our very old, creaky, and amazingly beautiful house downtown. Part of my favorite season is driving [...]
The Celeste Elizabeth 