Photo Credit: Steve Willi via Compfight You don’t owe it to the world to be pretty, to be attractive, to dress like they tell you to dress. You don’t owe it to the world to wear the color they say is “cute” on you, or the shape they say is flattering for your figure. You…
Category: Self-Discovery
Celebrating birthdays quietly
Photo Credit: mitra mirshahidi via Compfight On my 21st birthday, a few years ago, I had a dinner party at a restaurant with a little over 20 people. It was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the surprise presents, but even though the next day was Sunday, I didn’t go to church, I spent…
Introverts take the stairs
Photo Credit: Abe Kleinfeld via Compfight At work I take the stairs. I can’t say that I’m the most athletic person at my job, and I can’t say that I take the stairs to get a work out, but I enjoy taking the stairs in the morning as I prepare myself to begin my day,…
Praying for a bigger butt
Photo Credit: Khalil Shah via Compfight When I was younger I wanted to be taller. I wanted to be taller because all my brothers were taller, and the magazines told me that I was below average. I prayed a lot that I would grow taller, but in the mean time I wore shorter shirts because…
When church people hurt you + book giveaway (CLOSED)
Photo Credit: Felipe S. Morin G. via Compfight There was the time when I was talking to someone and this person walked right past me and began talking to the person I was talking to without acknowledging my presence… Or the time when I needed a ride home and the person I asked said that…