My Story
My story began with pain long before I understood what healing looked like. From early childhood, I experienced trauma that shaped how I saw myself, others, and the world around me. As I grew older, that pain followed me into different seasons of life, including experiences of assault, addiction, and repetitive cycles that I didn’t yet understand how to break.
For a long time, those experiences felt like they defined me. I carried the weight of shame, confusion, and survival patterns that kept repeating in my life. On the outside, I continued moving forward, but internally there were battles I hadn’t yet learned how to face.
Looking back now, I can see that those difficult seasons became part of the story that shaped who I am today.
But my story did not end there.
God met me in the breaking. In the places where everything felt uncertain, He began revealing truth, healing wounds, and renewing my mind. What once felt like the darkest parts of my life became the very places where His grace began transforming my story.
Today, the journey that once felt like survival has become a calling. Through Grace in the Breaking, my mission is to help others recognize that their pain does not disqualify them from purpose. In fact, when surrendered to God, the very places that once felt broken can become the places where healing, freedom, and purpose begin.
When my strength finally ran out, that’s when His work truly began.
He brought me from ratchet to righteous—
not overnight, but in His perfect timing.
I am not polished.
I am not perfect.
I am a chosen mess.
And my mission is simple but holy:
to speak of His unfailing love, His mercy, and His grace.
To remind hearts that no matter where you’ve been or what you’ve walked through, you
still have purpose in Him.
This is a place of surrender.
A place to breathe again.
A place to learn that grace meets us in the breaking—and God finishes what He starts.
I’m still becoming.
Still surrendered.
Still held.
And if He can redeem my story, He can redeem yours too.
In 2022, I reached one of the darkest moments of my life. Years of trauma, assault, addiction, and repeating cycles had taken their toll. I was exhausted from striving in my own strength and felt trapped in patterns I didn’t know how to break. The weight of it all became so heavy that I began planning to take my own life.
But in that moment, everything changed.
It was there, in the deepest place of despair, that I encountered Jesus. In a way I can only describe as undeniable, I heard His voice and felt His presence. It stopped me completely. In that moment, it was as if He wrapped me in His arms and reminded me that my story was not over.
That encounter changed everything.
God began speaking to my heart and leading me on a journey of healing and transformation. One of the first things He showed me was the power of forgiveness. I learned that forgiveness was not about excusing what had happened to me—it was about breaking the chains that had been holding me captive for so long.
Step by step, God began renewing my mind, healing my heart, and breaking the cycles that once defined my life. What once felt like the breaking became the very place where His grace began rebuilding me.
Through this journey, I discovered that true transformation cannot be found through striving or self-effort alone. Real change happens when we surrender our lives fully to Christ and allow Him to do the work within us.
Today, my deepest desire is to share that message with others. Through Grace in the Breaking, my heart is to help men and women discover that their pain does not disqualify them from purpose. The very places that once felt broken can become the places where God reveals His grace, healing, and freedom.
Because sometimes the breaking is exactly where grace meets us.