I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
Audrey Hepburn
The reason I write and share stuff about my life is to create a place for girls to come and feel safe to say “omg, me too!” to know that you are not alone and we’re in this journey together.
This past year I read many books on Becoming and Flourishing and learning about the gap between where we are and where we want to be. Who we are and who we want to become. There is good news.
John Ortberg puts it this way..
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should bes way “
the good news is…
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
God’s promise:
All those who trust
in God ‘will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the
stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no
worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit’ (Jeremiah 17:7-8)
The Girl That I Want To Be 
As the theme of your blog puts it – “sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself” — watching you love life via your blog is a great way to love it just a little bit more ourselves!! Great blog! 🙂