There was a time when I used to believe that getting up and leaving would create this beautiful story filled with adventure. It would get me noticed and allow me to find the authentic self I was searching for out in the world.

I spent years traveling and hopping from job to job, home to home, wondering if I’d ever find the courage to settle. I’d spend months investing in lost promises, failing to build anything long-lasting as a result. Being seen, known, and loved for exactly who I was and the promise of who I was becoming seemed out of reach. I wanted to tell a good story, but couldn't when I was searching for my worth in foundations that had no solid ground to offer me.

It lead me to start questioning: Is it possible to live a life of love surrounded by others while also cultivating a good story, foundation, and faith? What exactly DO the between, mundane, moments of everyday offer? Does God still reign when disappointments come and waters rise?

I found that the answer is yes, God still reigns. I have deeply learned that living a good story doesn’t have to involve going to different countries or hopping from job to job or place to place, but it can actually be done showing up in the middle of your own backyard and staying put. I began to show up exactly as I am. I entered in. As things fell into place slowly, my heart began to soften, leaving me free to whisper dreams into reality, exhibiting a revolutionary road that requires the courage to build exactly where my feet are, starting now.

That's the kind of courage I'm inviting you into with this space while I navigate faith and living and what that looks like inside my own life through the power of written words. I’m here to say that the courage to live and write about life abundantly — even if it doesn’t look the way you always dreamed it would — is worth the capsule of golden nuggets that will be left available in your midst if you find courage to do the same. The Greatness of God is far beyond comprehension and understanding, but it is beautiful and worthy of laying your life down for.

Available and In Your Corner,

~Ashley