Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be walking through my journey of pregnancy and loss with my second daughter, Emerson. Talking about loved ones who have passed is a way to keep them alive and I feel like this is my way of keeping her alive within me.

Before I start, I’d like to discuss why I started this blog and named it Truth WSYF. If any of you have been with me from the beginning, you’ll know that this blog actually started when I was selling real estate in Dallas, TX. I thought it was a good way to reach people and discuss the various topics of home ownership, purchasing, investing, etc. I stopped selling real estate in 2018 and joined the Marine Corps instead (a story for another time), so my blog posts stopped. They picked back up in 2023 after I lost my dad to liver cancer and was walking through infertility, but fell off once again. My hope is this time I am able to be more accountable to myself and to my readers, which leads me into why I named this blog the way I did.

Truth WSYF stands for ‘”Truth Will Set You Free”. I’ve walked some hard roads in life. Some by choice, some not. On the outside, it often has, and still does, appear that I have it all together. But behind the scenes show many seasons of heartache, pain, desperation, and brokenness. When I accepted Christ into my life in 2013, my life slowly began to unfold. My deepest, darkest secrets began to come to light and I was fully exposed.

Humiliated.

Humbled.

Brokenhearted.

Yet free. Free from the lies I had been holding onto for so long. Free from the sin that held me captive for so many years. For the first time in my life I experienced the freedom God promises in in His Word. And to this day I continue to experience that freedom each time I expose the darkest parts of my heart.

Truth WSYF comes from John 8:31-32 which says “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (ESV). My hope for this blog is for people to find a place where they can speak their truth and find freedom. A place where people can come in the hardest of seasons of life for community and support. A place to come and celebrate God’s blessings with other believers.

I’ve felt God calling me to do this for a long time. To create this type of environment for folks. And to do it by leading first. By being vulnerable and transparent, while also working on my already wonderful writing skills (joking). So here we go people. Engage. Ask questions. Laugh. And enjoy this crazy ride.