On Generational Stories: What Our Family History Taught Me About Love
Generational stories shape us more than we realize. Sometimes they show up in the way we speak. Sometimes in the way we handle conflict, love and express affection, process pain, or respond to vulnerability. Sometimes we inherit patterns before we are old enough to question them. Long before many of us became aware of it, […]
The Sacred Work of Showing Up Even When It’s Not Your Turn
I think one of the purest expressions of love is showing up. Quietly. Consistently. Without needing attention for it. I learned that first from my father. My dad knew how to show up for people. Whether it was convenient or not rarely mattered to him. As long as there was fuel in his car, he […]
What If You Are Allowed To Get It Wrong?
A few days ago, I was at the gym with my instructor, and somewhere between exercises we started talking about learning. The conversation began with fitness, but it quickly drifted into life. We talked about how difficult it can be to allow ourselves to be beginners. How many adults would rather stay in familiar territory […]
I Feel Lost In My Career. Where Is God In All of This?
Note: Some months ago, members of the Kiki’s Letters community shared questions, experiences, and situations they were navigating. As I read through them, I was reminded of something beautiful: many of us are carrying similar questions, even when we think we are carrying them alone. Today’s letter was inspired by a reader who asked […]
I’m Healing But No One Sees It. Am I Doing Something Wrong?
Note: Some months ago, members of the Kiki’s Letters community shared questions, experiences, and situations they were navigating. As I read through them, I was reminded of something beautiful: many of us are carrying similar questions, even when we think we are carrying them alone. Today’s letter was inspired by a reader who wrote: […]
The Friends Who Became Midwives To My Purpose
There are some people God sends into your life who do more than keep you company. They help you become. They arrive in seasons when something in you is still fragile, still unnamed, still trying to gather courage. And somehow, by the way they show up, they make room for what God is building in […]
When God Handles Your To-Do List
Have you ever prayed so much about something, but somehow left God out of the actual process? That was me not too long ago. Early one morning, as I woke up, I sensed the Holy Spirit gently nudge me: “We haven’t partnered in a while.” It stopped me in my tracks. Normally, after I pray, […]
When Rest Became a Strategy
I used to think rest was weakness. Like if I wasn’t constantly moving, planning, or performing, something would fall apart. But burnout taught me differently. It taught me that sometimes, the most strategic thing you can do is nothing. Over time, I began to see that many of the things God brings into my life […]
When Routines Become Your Lifelines
When I lost my dad, I felt something unravel in me. It was a dark and deeply painful time. And because grief has a way of distorting time, it felt like the days blurred into each other until morning and night felt the same. When I found that I couldn’t handle my emotions, I decided […]
Legacy Isn’t Loud Applause: It’s How You Show Up
I used to think that legacy was about the things people would one day say about you: the impact, the applause, the platforms, the projects that make people go, “Wow, she did that.” Or the things people would remember you for when you were gone. But I have also learned that legacy is not always […]