Madison

For most of my life I didn’t realize (at least not until my 30s with much prayer and therapy) that I had codependent performance tendencies buried beneath my drive to help, serve, and show up for others. There were parts of me quietly struggling with a deep need to perform and to earn acceptance, which made me cling to familiar toxic dynamics that felt like stability simply because they were all I knew: the kinds of patterns I had normalized for years to compensate for a lack of emotional...

Being married will not solve your struggle with contentment. You will move from a single sister-in-Christ battling contentment, to a married sister-in-Christ battling contentment. Marriage and motherhood will not fix anything, only amplify what is already hidden in your heart. Ask me how I know - how I went from discontent in singleness, to discontent in marriage, motherhood, and everything in between. I was discontent because I was self-focused, living to glorify myself rather than God,...

Hello, My name is Rachel. I am 34 and I have never had a boyfriend. Growing up as the 7th child in a family of ten, getting married was an expected outcome. I never once questioned if, it was always when. I grew up knowing the love story of my parents, who met on the sidewalk, before classes started, their freshman year of college. They have been together ever since, and will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year (2026). All that to say I get it. I know how you feel, and I...