My Life of AND
Every year, Romi, my friend, mentor, and overall badass encourages us to consider what word will guide our year. I've always followed her guidance, spending quiet time considering what I learned from the previous year and what I hoped to carry into the new year. I've picked On Purpose, Focus, Joy, Hope, and others...broad concepts that met the mark, but never really made me uncomfortable enough to be real. I spent a lot of time avoiding certain parts of who I am, or who I want to be, because I struggled with the reconciliation of the good and the bad, the strong and the weak, the pretty and the ugly, the successful and the failed. Because of that, I am confident that I have stumbled on my path more than I should, and definitely more than I would have liked. Of this, I am tired. I've spent a lot of time over the past year and a half working on me. Podcasts, Bible studies, continuing education courses, reflection, prayer, and even a f...