Here we go!
I can't believe I'm actually writing this post—finally placing my ideas down for others to see... talk about vulnerable! The beginning of my journey started when I read Zachariah 9:16. The scripture hit my heart in a beautiful way. In that moment, God dropped a vision into my heart. When I first came across it, I was looking for fun and uplifting ways to encourage college women at Gateway Church's "Pink" Conference. It became a burden of my heart at that moment and as the years passed, the vision for encouraging women—God's jewels—continued to grow. Years later in June of 2012, I was desperate. My health was in crisis. I was bleeding internally, spending days in the ICU, feeling like my time on earth was being...