Unpolished Truth…taking off the mask one layer at a time

A quiet space for honest reflections on life, change, and becoming. Unpolished Truth is about letting go of perfection, peeling back the masks we wear, and sharing what’s real in the in-between moments—messy, beautiful, and everything in between.

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Follower of Jesus, wife, mom, and a woman rediscovering who she is in the middle of change, healing, faith, and real life.

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  • Bless Those Who Persecute You
    One of my biggest struggles through everything I have experienced has been not allowing my anger and fear to turn into hatred. I haven’t always done this well. In many ways, it is still a battle I fight today. Romans 12:14 says: “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” If I’m honest, this has been one of the hardest commands in Scripture for me to obey. Today, I am mostly on the other side of the persecution my husband and I experienced—persecution I never could have imagined. Before all of this happened, I had spent my lifeContinue reading “Bless Those Who Persecute You”
  • The Sunday Everything Changed
    My heart sank, my body felt weak, and all I could do was listen and pray. It was Super Bowl Sunday. Government offices were closed. There was nobody to call for help or more information on a Sunday afternoon. If what my son was saying was true, I couldn’t even contact the director of the program for answers. I felt helpless, not knowing what was happening or who to turn to. Sadly, because of everything we had already been through with our son—the lies that had been told over the years about us and others—I didn’t know what to believe.Continue reading “The Sunday Everything Changed”
  • Am I Strong Enough?
    There are days when I find myself asking, Why, God, why? I don’t know how much more pain and heartbreak I can take. I’m desperately trying to hold on, one day at a time, but some days I wonder how much more I can carry. The truth is, I feel everything deeply. I carry the weight of my family—the burdens of my husband, my children, and the struggles they face. Sometimes it all feels overwhelming. I hear people say all the time, “God will never give you more than you can handle.” If I’m honest, I question that daily. BecauseContinue reading “Am I Strong Enough?”
  • The Things I Couldn’t Protect Them From
    One of the hardest parts of everything we’ve gone through has been the heartbreak and disappointment my children have experienced along the way. When I look back over the last five years, I see so many moments my husband and I missed—sometimes because we weren’t physically present, and sometimes because we simply weren’t emotionally present. We were surviving. We were putting out fires. We were carrying burdens that felt impossible to set down. The chaos, drama, and pain I was experiencing inevitably spilled over into the lives of my children, who were simply trying to be kids, teenagers, and youngContinue reading “The Things I Couldn’t Protect Them From”
  • Still Standing
    There are mornings when worship hits differently.This morning was one of them. I could not stop the tears from filling my eyes. Every song seemed to reach straight into the deepest parts of my heart. Not in a painful way, but in the kind of way your soul desperately needs. The kind of reminder that I was never meant to carry this life alone. Moments like this remind me just how good God has been to me and how much He has carried me through. I can honestly say the only reason I am still standing today is because ofContinue reading “Still Standing”
  • Graduation Day: Holding Space for Both
    May 26, 2026 This week, I have been battling two very different emotions at the same time—gratitude and joy for my son who graduated high school, and deep grief and sadness for the son who should have graduated right alongside his brother. I have tried to stay present in the celebration while also carrying the ache in my heart. This was never the future I imagined for him. Never the life I pictured. He had so much potential—a future full of success, happiness, and the opportunity to become everything he dreamed of being. As the names were called during commencement,Continue reading “Graduation Day: Holding Space for Both”
  • Holding on While Letting Go
    May 22, 2026 Today is the day—our second-born is graduating high school. I know I sound like all the older moms used to sound when my children were little, but they were right when they said, “Enjoy every second because it goes by fast.” Back then, I smiled politely and thought surely it couldn’t go that fast. But now here I am, saying the exact same thing to young moms myself. I used to tell myself, If we can just get through this stage, life will get easier.The sleepless nights, the toddler tantrums, the busy schedules, the teenage years—I thoughtContinue reading “Holding on While Letting Go”
  • Unpolished and Still Showing Up
    Talk about being unpolished…today, while looking back through old journal entries, I realized I got the year wrong in my very first post. The year my life became a public circus was 2024, not 2023. I could beat myself up over the mistake and tell myself I’m not cut out for blogging, or I can admit that I’m human and move forward. So here I am—admitting my mistake and showing just how imperfect I really am. The truth is, the last five years have been so chaotic, challenging, and emotionally exhausting that I’m lucky to know what day it isContinue reading “Unpolished and Still Showing Up”
  • From Survival to Surrender
    Do you ever feel like you were meant for so much more, but your insecurities, doubts, lack of confidence, and past failures leave you paralyzed? If so, I’m right there with you. In fact, that’s exactly where I am right now. There was a time in my life when I had confidence in myself. Failure didn’t scare me—it never even occurred to me that failure was an option. For a long time, I thought that was a good thing. But lately, I’ve started to wonder if it was actually a survival instinct. Failure couldn’t be an option in my past.Continue reading “From Survival to Surrender”
  • Chosen Anyways
    I know this post is coming several weeks after Mother’s Day. I wrote it back then, but hesitated to share it because it felt so raw and vulnerable. So it sat in the notes app on my phone for weeks. But after rereading it, I reminded myself that this is exactly what this blog is about—being open, honest, and vulnerable, even when it feels uncomfortable or scary. So here it is. A little late, but maybe shared at the right time after all… May 11, 2026 Yesterday was Mother’s Day—a day filled with so many different emotions. It hits differentlyContinue reading “Chosen Anyways”