But fear is confusing. It tears you in two. Half of you wants to run far, far away, but the other half is paralyzed, frozen, immovable. And the hard ….

To the casual observer it looks like I have moved on since I go around wearing my little happy mask all day. I smile and laugh and carry on like my h….

Being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart..

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also..

I have become convinced that God thoroughly enjoys fixing and saving things that are broken. That means that no matter how hurt and defeated you feel….

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming..

Shut off the internal bashing..

I mean all this focus on how we look on the outside. It's just all wrong.

Mostly I think I've learned to trust God more. I mean, if I start getting worried or freaked, I just try to put it in God's hands. Sometimes I imagin….

It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we….

Girls can be so petty and jealous. I swear they're worse than guys sometimes. Except they're all quiet about it. They sugarcoat it or else they talk ….

It's amazing the things you realize when you lose someone: you get mad at yourself for not saying the things you could've a million times, you ta….

God planned for our lives to connect. Let's make sure we keep it that way..

I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a merely 'normal' life or se….

It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit..