personal responsibility
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God Centered Female Friendship That Heals and Elevates
Finding Soul-Nourishing Sisterhood as a Solo Mama A God centered female friendship that nourishes is the ideal we would all want. But many of our friendships with other women are unfortunately marred by undertones of tension, misalignment, jealousy, fakeness, cattiness, gossip, pity parties, enabling, or even celebrating poor choices.Yet, we know how deeply valuable female friendships can be. We instinctively seek them out—not only for companionship but also for emotional safety. There’s a natural trust in confiding in another woman, especially when we’ve learned that some male friendships eventually shift into attraction, blurring boundaries and disrupting the original dynamic. Women understand our inner worlds. They mirror our joys, our battles,…
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I Was Here: The Call to Purpose, Passion, and Leaving Your Mark
Carvings on Desks and the Legacy We Leave Behind When we were young and in school, we would often come across carvings etched on wooden desks, chairs, long-dried concrete, or even on trees. They always followed a simple format: Name. I was here. Year A to Year B. That was it. Nothing poetic or philosophical—just a name imprinted in time. I did the same, carving mine on my elementary school desk. That was the stage in life where I felt most alive, full of wonder and adventure. I truly lived. “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12 A Gentle Reminder of Our…
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How to Create a Support System When You Feel Alone.
Photo by Thirdman on Pexels. We all need someone to share life with—a confidant, a trusted friend, or even a sisterhood. Recently, while watching an anime, I came across a scene that deeply resonated with me. The main character, diagnosed with a fatal pancreatic illness, decides to live her last days on her own terms. She befriends a boy in her class who is a social reject. One day, during a hospital visit, he asks her what the meaning of life is to her. She answers: “It’s to connect with other humans. Because how else will you feel alive?” That line stuck with me. On a subconscious level, I understood it.…
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I Was Here: The Call to Purpose, Passion, and Leaving Your Mark
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How to value yourself as a woman.
Image by Duckleap Free Resources from Pixabay How to value yourself as a woman is a thought we all face in a world that mostly drains and destroys. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It’s a verse I’ve known since childhood, growing up in a Christian home. I memorized it easily, as many children do—but somewhere along the way, I put all my energy into the second part: loving others, while quietly ignoring the first: loving myself. As I’ve grown, experience has become my teacher. And one thing it has taught me is this: loving yourself isn’t selfish—it’s necessary. That lack of assertiveness and constantly minimizing your needs to accommodate others…
