“healthy” isn’t the same for everyone

Trigger warning for talking about weight loss/gain. In the fall of 2017, when I was 19 years old, I lost a lot of weight. I was on a medication for chronic migraine that was working well at first, but did come with a lot of side effects — including weight loss. I didn’t mind the

Human Overboard: My Thoughts

James and the Shame (Rhett McLaughlin) recently released a country music album titled “Human Overboard”, with 11 songs that share different aspects of his personal deconstruction story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVkdI7gZ0gU This is a link to an episode of their (Rhett and Link’s) podcast, Ear Biscuits, in which Rhett and Link discuss the album. I’ve written a previous

Should the Gospel Offend? Twitter Theology (part 3)

I’ve written a couple of these Twitter theology posts before. If you haven’t read them, you can read part 1 here: https://briannathehugger.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/twitter-theology-healing/ and part 2 here: https://briannathehugger.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/why-im-a-christian-twitter-theology-round-2/ I recently came across the following tweet: “A preacher that doesn’t offend is a preacher that doesn’t preach for a gospel that does not offend is a gospel

30 Things That Make Me Smile – Part 1

Prompt from the following site – https://spiritualityhealth.com/articles/2014/10/12/30-journaling-prompts-self-discovery# Animals. 2. Music. 3. Hot beverages like hot chocolate and coffee. 4. Children. 5. Dancing. 6. The sound of a guitar and ukulele being played together. 7. Writing. 8. Poetry. 9. Watching people boldly share their story and embrace who they are/are becoming. 10. When someone makes improvements

20 Random Facts About Me

In honor of my 20th birthday earlier this week, here are 20 random facts about me, in question and answer format. Enjoy getting to know me better 🙂