the healing wildflowers Healing Journey:

I guess the wildest part of healing is how it never really happens in a straight line. It loops. It spirals. It throws you into seasons where you don’t even […]

There’s a strange kind of ache that comes when you realize the person who helped create your child cares more about control than connection. It’s the kind of ache that […]

DEAR MY GIRL, baby… nothing about this is your fault. You were born deserving to be loved loudly, consistently, joyfully, and without conditions. You were born worthy of protection and […]

There are stories you carry quietly, hoping they dissolve with time. And then there are the stories that grow heavier the longer you hold them — the ones that don’t […]

Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides […]

Psalm 139:14-16: I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I […]

Matthew 18:6: “if anyone causes one of these little ones, those who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large mill stone hung […]

There’s this version of me that the world keeps trying to simplify — like I’m supposed to be moved by a compliment about my body or feel desired just because […]

The earliest time I remember really understanding addiction was not because someone explained it to me—it was because I lived inside the ripple effects of it. My first real realization […]