A quiet space for honest reflections on life, change, and becoming. Unpolished Truth is about letting go of perfection, peeling back the masks we wear, and sharing what’s real in the in-between moments—messy, beautiful, and everything in between.
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Follower of Jesus, wife, mom, and a woman rediscovering who she is in the middle of change, healing, faith, and real life.
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- One StopOut of Our Hands It was September 2024… We got the call from CPS asking if we knew our son was being flown into our city airport that morning. No. We did not know. He was supposed to be flying to another state, where he would meet up with his mentor and guardian. Once again, the plans we had made, plans we believed were in his best interest, were being sabotaged. It had been several days of complete chaos. After fighting to get our son back to the States, making multiple plans that were continuously shut down with no explanation,Continue reading “One Stop”
- The Gift of Friendships That Stand the Test of TimeLast night, I had the opportunity to reconnect with an incredible group of women. We were missing a few who are just as important to this story, but I lovingly call this group the “OGs.” I’ve known these women for over two decades. Twenty years of life, change, growth, challenges, and everything in between. What started as business relationships turned into lifelong friendships that have truly stood the test of time. Over the years, we’ve all walked through our share of struggles, both professionally and personally. We’ve experienced successes, disappointments, unexpected turns, and new beginnings. Yet somehow, through it all,Continue reading “The Gift of Friendships That Stand the Test of Time”
- Permission to Pause9/7/26 Settling into our new home, finding a new routine, and sitting with a lot of unknowns. I’m exploring new opportunities and praying for direction about what comes next. And for now, I’ve realized I need to take a pause and focus on what is right in front of me. I’ll be back. I still have so much I want to share, and I look forward to continuing to write about both the past and the present. If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that sometimes you have to be willing to put things on the back burner, trustingContinue reading “Permission to Pause”
- Still Choosing Us8/29/26 We are on day five of our cross-country road trip, headed toward our soon-to-be new home and a new life. We’re down to the final six hours of a 36-hour journey. Six hours until we pull into our new home. Six hours until we begin the next chapter of this adventure. And truly, that’s what our life has been—a series of adventures. Some amazing. Some not so amazing. Some we would gladly live all over again, and others we never would have chosen. But isn’t that what life is? We go through all of it—the best, the worst, andContinue reading “Still Choosing Us”
- We Were Never Meant to Do Life AloneAugust 21, 2026 A lot has happened in the past ten days. We flew across the country, closed on our new house, moved our son into college, and headed back to finish packing and getting ready to leave in just a few days. The trailer was dropped off yesterday. It’s locked and loaded with the things we are taking with us. And I feel so ready. Ready to move on. Ready to start over in a place that already feels like home. Yet leaving the house that has been our family home for the past ten years feels so hard.Continue reading “We Were Never Meant to Do Life Alone”
- Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?This is a question my youngest daughter and I have wrestled with for quite some time. She has been through more in her short life than many people experience in decades. As she’s gotten older, she’s begun asking hard questions about the goodness of God, faith, and what she truly believes. While my own faith has grown stronger through life’s hardships—including the recent struggles with my son, her biological brother—she has experienced those same circumstances very differently. She feels as though God has abandoned her. She tells me that no matter how much she prays, nothing changes. “Sometimes it justContinue reading “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?”
- When the Memories ComeThis afternoon, while I was doing my daily meditation, I suddenly started to cry. In my mind, memories of T began to roll through my thoughts. But this time, they were the good ones—his laugh, his big smile, his larger-than-life personality. Those are the moments I want so desperately to hold onto. And yet, as those memories lingered, a quiet ache followed close behind. My heart breaks because it feels like that part of him is gone. Sometimes I find myself wondering if that boy was ever really there, or if it was all just another role he learned toContinue reading “When the Memories Come”
- Bless Those Who Persecute YouOne of my biggest struggles through everything I have experienced has been not allowing my anger and fear to turn into hatred. I haven’t always done this well. In many ways, it is still a battle I fight today. Romans 12:14 says: “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” If I’m honest, this has been one of the hardest commands in Scripture for me to obey. Today, I am mostly on the other side of the persecution my husband and I experienced—persecution I never could have imagined. Before all of this happened, I had spent my lifeContinue reading “Bless Those Who Persecute You”
- The Sunday Everything ChangedMy heart sank, my body felt weak, and all I could do was listen and pray. It was Super Bowl Sunday. Government offices were closed. There was nobody to call for help or more information on a Sunday afternoon. If what my son was saying was true, I couldn’t even contact the director of the program for answers. I felt helpless, not knowing what was happening or who to turn to. Sadly, because of everything we had already been through with our son—the lies that had been told over the years about us and others—I didn’t know what to believe.Continue reading “The Sunday Everything Changed”
- Am I Strong Enough?There are days when I find myself asking, Why, God, why? I don’t know how much more pain and heartbreak I can take. I’m desperately trying to hold on, one day at a time, but some days I wonder how much more I can carry. The truth is, I feel everything deeply. I carry the weight of my family—the burdens of my husband, my children, and the struggles they face. Sometimes it all feels overwhelming. I hear people say all the time, “God will never give you more than you can handle.” If I’m honest, I question that daily. BecauseContinue reading “Am I Strong Enough?”
