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ATX, ILY

I'm leaving Austin in less than a week, and before I go, I wanted to look back on the past few years. It's not everything that happened (that would take a book), but it's a little snapshot of the hard moments, the beautiful ones, and the women who made this city feel like home.

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Brooke Smith Brooke Smith

The Checklist I Didn’t Sign Up For

We’re often handed a checklist for what a fulfilled life is supposed to look like—career, marriage, home, children, success. But what happens when your life doesn’t follow that timeline? What if God’s calling for you looks different? I’m learning to let go of comparison, stop measuring my life against someone else’s, and ask a harder question: What does God actually want for me?

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To the Girl That’s Figuring it Out

I almost cried watching a group of high school seniors get prayed over at church — I didn't even know them. But I remember exactly what it feels like to stand at the edge of a new chapter trying to figure out every step. Here's what I've learned: the goal was never to figure it all out…

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The Stains We Hold

As I drove home to change after bleeding through my dress at a conference, God whispered one word to my heart: stains. We all have them—on our hearts, our minds, from our past. Some visible, most hidden. But what did Jesus come to do? Wash us clean AND heal us.

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