I struggled and still struggle to this day with low self-esteem and low self-worth. Like a lot of people, I was bullied as a child and suffered a lot of heartache and abandonment growing up and going through life. I was mistreated by friends and family and had my heart broken a few times by some of my closest friends and had my heart shattered by exes. Their words were all I could hear about myself. How they treated me was how I measured my self worth. I wasn’t beautiful. I wasn’t talented. I wasn’t worth it. I wasn’t worth staying around for. I was a joke. I wasn’t loved.
Read MoreSad Songs Save Lives.
I believe that with everything in me.
Even though a melancholy song or story may not offer you solutions or healing, the mere fact that someone else can express what I cannot, the fact that someone says "I understand you"... that alone can help someone hold onto hope a little while longer.
Read MoreI'm not waiting to heal before creating. I'm creating as I'm healing. And honoring those broken and hurting places. And it feels so good.
Read MoreIf I never sing another song, write another word, take another photograph, create another thing... He would STILL love me. He would STILL find me worthy. He would NEVER abandon me. I would ALWAYS be relevant to Him.
Don't you know that you were BORN worthy? Loved? Accepted? Enough?
Read MoreRemember when Creating used to be FUN? When it used to be PLAY?