Growing up, I had a pretty normal childhood. I was born and raised in a Christian family and we attended church on a regular basis. It wasn’t until I went to highschool that life turned into a downward spiral that I couldn’t get out of on my own. After numerous suicide attempts, I was finally …
In October I challenged myself to finish what I started, I set a number of goals for myself, the first being: Read 15 books before 2020—I finished on the 27th of December, 2019. The next day I began my second goal: Finish Reading the Bible in 40 Days! On the 31st of January, 2020, with …
In October I challenged myself to finish what I started, I set a number of goals for myself, the first being: Read 15 books before 2020—that’s 5 a month. On the 27th of December, 2019, with 4 days to go, I have completed that goal! How I did it. 1. I planned ahead. I made …
Goal #1: Read 15 Books Before 2020, Starting October! Read More »
My life has been a search for meaning, nowhere could I find such thing. I’ve searched and searched and searched unending, for that what would enjoyment bring. I’ve tried to find it in my writing, finding words my voice can’t say. After years and years of scribbling, why does my heart still heavy weigh? Pressing …
I can not abide this mental torture Much too quickly the time flies The past I miss, I long for the future But the present I despise
I can hardly wait ’til I get married, to start a family I call my own. After work come through the front door and say: “Honey, I’m home!” We’ll marry in church, not a cathedral. I’ll see friends, family, guys I once knew. Then I’ll say in front of all those people: “Ofcourse I do!” …
All I’ve ever wanted is to feel like I am whole, that I’m not missing pieces from the puzzle of my soul. I’ve always been a misfit, there was no place I belonged, my peers began to bully me, though them I’ve never wronged. People who don’t know me have said things that aren’t true, …
I had everything set; the one-day-trip to Paris was booked, I purchased skip-the-line tickets for the Eiffel tower, I had multiple possible locations near the Eiffel tower where I could ‘pop the question’ and I had the most beautiful ring I could wish for. It was one day before our trip to Paris, we would …
It was seven months before my proposal, Nellen and I had broken up. I hoped—and somewhere deep inside I knew—it would be a temporary breakup. We had simply gotten too much resistance from people who did not agree with our relationship, and we had grown tired of it. But I didn’t want to give up—and …
A few of you have heard this, although I haven’t told it very often. It’s about something that happened in 1973. I was recently encouraged to tell it, and after thinking about it, I think he’s right. Many people don’t know things like this happen. At the time, neither did I, but I’m hearing it …