08/19/2026
Full circle moments are pretty special. 💙
Years ago, when I was still carrying so much shame around my parents’ addiction and how they died, I watched Chris Herren’s Unguarded.
At the time, I was terrified to share my own story. I worried what people would think. I felt like I was carrying this thing that no one else could really understand.
And then I watched Chris tell the truth about his story.
It lit something inside of me. I felt a little less scared. A little less alone. And maybe, for the first time, I started to believe there could be freedom on the other side of telling the truth.
Fast forward all these years, and this summer I got to spend the day at Herren Wellness - meeting Chris, spending time with the guests, and getting to know the incredible people behind the work, including Jenny and Laurie.
And because life has a funny way of connecting the dots, none of it would have happened without my dear friend Sheila, who I met completely by chance—or what I now call providential choreography - while on vacation last year.
It’s wild to think about the people God places in our path and the stories that reach us before we even realize how much we need them.
So grateful for this day. For Chris. For Sheila. For Jenny and Laurie. And for the work Herren Wellness is doing every single day to remind people that there is hope, there is healing, and none of us have to walk through the hard stuff alone.
Pretty amazing what can happen when we have the courage to share our stories. 💙
