Welcome to my corner.

Welcome to my blog on my website. My website. Wow. Can we just take a moment and scream about the fact that this is actually real?! This is like a dream that I've had for five years, now finally a reality! Someone pinch me please (I know, I know, we're in a time of self-isolating and social distancing, which I'll get around to writing about soon)!

I started blogging when I was 15. I am just a month shy of my 21st birthday. I always wanted to do this, but I let a million factors stand in my way. We’ve all been there, right? Making excuses because we’re afraid to look our fear in the face. I’ve done it for years, pushing away this feeling inside that I needed to try and make it a reality. I didn't think I could afford my own website, and I didn't even feel qualified to have my own website. I also didn't think I could build my own website, especially with the little experience of website building that I have (look, designing websites for FBLA in high school is a whole different world than this). 

At the start of 2020, I read a blog from one of my favorite writers, Hannah Brencher. She talked about how writers need their own websites if they want to grow their audience. I have gained an audience over the last five years, but I really wanted my own space that only belonged to me. I know it was God when I typed up that email to her. If I listen to anyone’s advice in this life, it’s Hannah’s. I emailed her and asked her a bunch of questions about her website, and she replied back and encouraged me to go for it. 

So here I am, feeling excited and ready to tackle a new project, with each of you following along with me in this process. Trust me when I say I couldn't do this if it weren't for you reading my words. Anytime one of you reaches out to me to say you've read something I wrote, that something I said stuck with you, I can't even begin to tell you what it does it to me. It's like God envelopes me in a hug and says, "You were made for this. We're a team. We're only just getting started." 

I can't wait to share my heart with you all here in this space. It feels right. It feels like God, it feels like an answered prayer. Stay tuned!