Sincerely Sophi

Hi!! Hey there! Yeah you! I'm thrilled your reading this today. You know why? Because I want to tell you that you are loved...so. freaking. loved. Now that you know that I guess I should tell you what your getting yourself into reading this. I have always loved writing and for some time now I have wanted to start a blog. I feel like I am constantly narrating life internally, weaving stories from my surroundings and filtering my thoughts into mental journal entries. Now I feel God calling me (again) to write a blog. And guys I desperately just want to do it already!! But the perfectionist in me also desperately wants to wait until I have the perfectly curated blog post written. Until the blog is perfectly laid out with just the right colors and pictures. But...I've been down that road. And it never leads to me actually posting anything. SO this time I'm just going to do it. I'm just going to post this raw, messy blog post of me telling you that I'm going to write way...

A couple weeks ago...or last week? (Honestly I don't even remember anymore.) My English class was assigned a gender definition essay. We had to either define a woman or a man. But this definition was not meant to be biological. It was meant to be based on character or societies definition of women. For some reason I really struggled with this essay. Most of my opinions on things that are controversial or "hotly debated" are rooted in my faith and perspective on the world/people based off of my belief in God who is loving and a one true creator. So how do I write this essay? How do I not be controversial while having an argument? How do I have an opinion and voice while avoiding my religious beliefs? How do I truly incorporate my opinion and beliefs in this essay without offending those who disagree? The answer is simply this. I don't. I can not truly put myself into a piece of writing without referencing the root of who I am. So the night my essay was due my mom a...