I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 31, 1985. That is the time of year when meteorologists take over all the local channels with their huge radars and the sirens are going off in the distance. Lights flicker, trees are swaying, pets are either going bonkers or hiding under the bed. For some Oklahomans this is the time of year to sit on your patio with your favorite drink, grill out, and admire the storm. For others it is Def-con 1, a mad dash to grab a mattress to put over the crammed family in a bath tub.
I have arrived on planet earth for just a few days and from what I have been told, a tornado came very close to us. Like, we may be taking a trip to Oz kind of close. That tornado didn't hit us, but it sure didn't stop following me around for the rest of my life. It has taken many different forms and has caused a lot of pain, fear, and confusion.
As I share my life with you there will be one constant stalker. Death. Nobody escapes it. Unless Jesus returns like really soon, then sweet, but who knows when that may be. My battles with death are a gradual pursuit. A sound in the distance, a whisper in the ear, and then a face to face moment that ripped my heart out and left me to die while still walking this earth.
I want you to know that I have done some intense emotional work on the things that I am going to share with you. A program called Pathways Core Training has helped me see so much of my past and the emotional toll of so many experiences. So when I share things, there will be a perspective of the person who lived in that immediate moment, and a perspective of the person who walked back through it years later.
To wrap up this first post, I want to share with you that my heart wants to help those who have gone through trauma, but with a focus on how God works through all of it. Everything we go through is spiritual, so the spiritual needs to be understood. As I grow this blog, I will be posting updates on my current path to help anyone who needs it, speaking from a therapeutic one on one kind of way. Thank you for coming along this journey with me. Feel free to subscribe to keep up to date.
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