I AM EMPTY

"I am empty." Those were the words that came out of my mouth during a conversation this morning with a dear friend. I didn't even know that is what I was feeling until I said it. I continued by telling her that the last year and a half, the last few weeks, and the last days had me completely running on empty. An empty that I have only felt a few times before. It isn’t from doing too much and not taking the time to rest. This empty is deep within me with a hurting heart for all those in the past few weeks that have had devastating news. Everything feels out of whack and for a person, who loves control, that is exhausting.

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Everyone's favorite question: Why?

n every business class, entrepuerner how-to guide, and photography course, one of the very first things they want you to do is to find your WHY. My answers typically range from “because I am passionate about photography” to “I want to create beautiful images”. And these are all accurate, but to be honest none of them have ever felt like my actual why. In my current business course, the first homework assignment was not just find you're why. It was find your why behind your why. *insert eye-roll here* I had no idea where I was going to find the why behind my why, because I didn’t really even know where my why was. So how in the world was I supposed to look behind it and dive deeper. Well, in true God fashion (who I typically limit and put in a box), he steps in and later that same afternoon he gives me not only my why, but the why behind my why…

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The In Betweens: Edition 2

It has been two and half months since I stopped to reflect on the small in between things going on in my life. If you missed the first edition, be sure to go back and read it here. In short, this series is just simply about those significant or not so significant nuggets of life that I am ever so grateful for!

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