Author Archives: amzych93

I have to admit returning to Buffalo was not something I wanted to do. I probably wouldn’t have gone if my mom didn’t guilt me into it. I had a lot of reservations, mostly about my relationships. Where they going to feel the same? Was it going to feel like no timed has passed orContinue reading “There and back again.”

Over the past few weeks I am learning just how broken I am. How much I don’t know myself, or understand my behaviors. There have been so many revelations in the past few weeks that have left me wondering how did I get here. At what point did my flesh take over and want toContinue reading “Broken”

“Ashley, remember you come from a long line of women who have dealt with depression.” The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled. The idea is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boilContinue reading “The boiled frog….”

As some of you know, I see a Christian counselor. The original intention behind starting counseling was because I found it hard to connect with people and have real and genuine relationships. I often found myself not sharing about what was going on in my life. I would often share the victory and rarely shareContinue reading “Abide.”

He is sufficient. At the beginning of the year, well technically it was last year. But I knew it was for this year. I resisted my word for the year, every fiber of my flesh fought against it. For those who don’t know my word for the year is Ascend, like Moses going up theContinue reading “Sufficient”

GUYS!!! MY PARENTS COME TOMORROW!! Obviously you can see I am very excited that I get to see my parents. Before I moved I was the girl who spent more weekends with my family then friends. To say that moving was hard was an understatement. I am sure of those who have been following alongContinue reading “Parent Prepartion”

I apologize for the neglect. I knew when starting this blog there would come a point when I was less motivated to write. I am not sure if I have officially come to that point. But it has been something that has been put on the back burner. When I first moved here this wasContinue reading “Updates”

This winter was tough. Which is so interesting because being from Buffalo I have felt with gloomy winters my whole life. Seeing the sun didn’t really matter. It helped that I worked nights but that is besides the point. The thing I have noticed with North Idaho is the weather is kind of all orContinue reading “Standing in the Son”

Well, the day has come. My fast is officially over. I know most of you are unaware that I have been fasting for the last 40ish day. Let me tell you I have learned a lot. I would think the biggest lesson is truly how imperfect I, and how perfect Jesus is. Yesterday I hadContinue reading “40 Days”

Once again here we are. Diving in the my childhood hurts and how they manifest in my life as a 27 year old. Yes there is a bit of sarcasm in there but its really me just trying to cope. Anyway. Tonight at church I was shadowing to one day serve in the role ofContinue reading “Imposter Syndrome”