“How do you help a friend who is struggling with mental illness?” For some reason this question always stumps me. I mean… as someone...

I'm going to blame it on the holiday season, but lately I have been thinking a lot about love. In every movie I watch, song that pops onto the radio, and book I read there are little phrases that consume my mind for the entirety of the day as I contemplate this emotion. I feel as if love is so much more complex and precious than so many of the other emotions we feel, and is so much more powerful. Earlier this week I was reading in the book of Daniel, and in my wandering throu

Very rarely in our world today do we experience something truly unconditional. I mean no strings attached, always there no matter what, sticking together until the world ends with no expectations (*pause*) unconditional. Having an eating disorder, I often feel burdensome and ashamed of the hardships I place on my friends and family. Subconsciously believing that love is conditional, as taught by our world, I am constantly fearing my disposal for the difficulty and inconvenien