09/21/2026
I know I’ve been neglectful of this page for the last three or four months, and I wanted to share a little of why.
I’m walking through a season with an aging parent. My daddy is 82 and has developed some form of dementia, although he is still in denial about what is happening. I’m trying to navigate what all of that is going to look like and how best to help him.
My sister has struggled with mental illness for years, and I’m navigating some new decisions and choices as I try to help her. I also have a dear friend going through some difficult things, and I’ve been trying to be there for her, encourage her, and walk beside her. And then I have some difficult things happening in my own life as well.
The truth is, I have still been encouraging. I have still been loving people. I have still been showing up for the people God has placed right in front of me. But all of that takes time, energy, and emotional strength. Caring for my daddy, especially, takes a tremendous amount of mental strength right now.
And sometimes, after I’ve given what I have to the people who need me, there simply hasn’t been anything left to give here.
Not because this page doesn’t matter to me. Not because encouraging all of you doesn’t matter to me. I simply haven’t had the time, strength, or capacity to give more than I’ve already been giving.
And if I’m being completely transparent, there are times in the middle of all of this when I feel neglected. I feel unseen. I feel unloved.
But I know Jesus sees me. I know He loves me. I know He has never neglected me.
Does knowing that keep my mind from sometimes wandering to those other thoughts? No. I wish I could say it did. I know those thoughts aren’t where God wants my mind to stay, but sometimes they still come.
Maybe that is part of becoming Gracefully Whole too—learning that what I feel in a difficult moment and what I know to be true don’t always match.
I may feel unseen, but I know He sees me.
I may feel neglected, but I know He has not forgotten me.
I may feel unloved, but I know I am loved.
So, if this page has been quieter lately, this is why. I’m still here. I’m still becoming. I’m still learning. And I’m still trusting Jesus in a season when some days require more of me than others.
Maybe some of you are walking through a season like that too. ❤️
