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The Shape of Surrender
I love flowers! 💐🪻🌷🌼🌻☺️☺️☺️ Tulips are my husband’s favorite. So when he buys them for me, it’s a quiet win for us both—him offering what he loves, me receiving what I cherish. One bouquet caught my eye as the morning light poured in. The tulips had bent so gracefully toward the window, their stems stretched and their petals opened wide. No forcing. No striving. Just responding to the light. I tried to rotate the vase to help them “straighten up.” I thought they’d realign if I just turned them in a different direction. But they didn’t. They kept their posture, curved as if still remembering the light they were first…
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Trusting the Conductor
Have you ever found yourself comparing your life to someone else’s—not just the big things, but the everyday stuff? Yeah. Me too. 🙋🏾♀️ I’ve watched people post anniversary pics with captions like “married to my best friend,” while I’m praying just to have one week without tension in my house. I’ve seen other people’s kids hitting milestones, smiling in graduation photos, while mine are wrestling with real struggles—mental health, life choices, healing. And I will not lie—sometimes it feels like their lives are moving forward while mine is trying to catch its breath. It’s sneaky, the way comparison shows up. It doesn’t always barge in with flashing lights—it often whispers:…