"I live my life trying to honor my story. This looks like holding space for all parts of it – the beautiful and the painful. It’s confidently sharing my story with others and believing every part of it matters and has purpose. I recognize the growing pains as a gift to offer someone later – connection."
I am a wife to my favorite person and college friend I never thought I’d marry. I am a mom to a sweet daughter – my daily light and reminder of God’s kindness & faithfulness. I am a friend, nurse, and woman who deeply loves Jesus, one on one coffee dates, a good laugh, and fostering powerful spaces of connection & friendship. I live my life trying to honor my story. This looks like holding space for all parts of it – the beautiful and the painful. It’s giving myself time to process before the healing begins. It’s pausing to celebrate the joys, whether big or small. It’s confidently sharing my story with others and believing every part of it matters and has purpose. It’s challenging myself to embrace all moments of life knowing they are shaping and strengthening me. I recognize the growing pains as a gift to offer someone later – connection.
For many years, I believed the lie that disappointment follows me and my story doesn’t matter. I felt insignificant, insecure, and unworthy of being truly seen. After nursing school, I moved to Uganda for a year. What I thought was a year of medical missions turned into a year of immense change, growth, and becoming confident in who God created me to be. He renewed me while helping me discover new dreams for my life and giftings I longed to share with others.
To be transparent, I still fight debilitating anxiety some days (it has intensified in motherhood as some of you may understand). I have to check myself when I begin to believe disappointment is right around the corner. But as I have grown healthier over the years, I’ve learned to recognize this weakness, pause, and lean into rhythms that help me thrive. It is a daily choice to live in joy rather than fear but is freeing and worth it. Shining light on the hard places has healed me deeply and is the reason I love inviting others to do the same.
I hope my presence in this space inspires you to honor your own story by cultivating honesty, encouragement, and healing. I strive to empower and equip you to bravely share your life experiences, struggles & victories with others to help you move towards connection, freedom, purpose, and faithfulness in your day to day. If there is a hill I am willing to die on it’s that we need each other’s stories. Always. So let’s stack hands on being brave together– I can’t wait to connect with you!
hey, it's Caroline
