Fantasy says, "This is who I want you to be". Intimacy says, "This is who I am".

Once we have a true revelation that we are loved, valued, and purposed, it becomes difficult to live in such a way that contradicts this truth.

Our pain can be turned into purpose

our pain can be turned to purpose

Story humanizes the woman on the other end of the dollar. When we see the humanity in someone, it becomes difficult to sexualize and objectify them.

I am not who I was. I am not even who I was yesterday. Tomorrow I will be new again, and again, until I am completely the woman I was meant to be.

My story matters, but it does not define me.