06/01/2023
Over the last thirteen years, I have shared the journey back to myself after a heart shattering, failed marriage. That journey was shared in writing under a nom de plume for the safety of myself and my children. This past year, God has challenged me to step not only out of my comfort zone, but to stand on the edge of the cliff, and do what I have never dared to do: be "Just Me."
But who IS "Just Me?" For five decades, I have been someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's wife, someone's mother, someone's advocate, someone's voice, someone's friend, someone's professional, someone's neighbor, someone's sister in Christ, someone's well... everything.
I have loved every role I have played in everyone else's lives over the course of MY life. Now that the children are grown and gone, and I am facing this life alone for the first time (while I've not had a life partner in nearly fifteen years, I've been a Mom for so long, and my home has NEVER been 'empty' before), I am finally asking myself a hard question: Who am I? Who is it that I MYSELF wish to be?
So many of you have so graciously shared with me the impact that 'Lynn Holly' has had on you over the years. And I have been humbled in a way that is indescribable. I have been asked so very many times HOW I remain open hearted, HOW I find the strength to keep getting back up, HOW I became the woman I am. I have been asking myself the very same questions this past year.
After much prayerful consideration, and introspective reflection, I am finally ready to do the soul searching necessary to become who it is I wish to be, for myself...
And it is my deepest desire that in doing so, and doing so in an open and raw manner that you all are used to in my writings, but in a much more personal way, that we can discover those answers together.
Over the course of this year, I will daily take you on the journey of my life, in a way that is honest to a fault, open, raw and unfiltered, flawed, and perfectly imperfect. I like who I have become. I deeply desire to know just why it is my Father in Heaven is so very much in love with me. I want to SEE in MYSELF what it is HE sees in me.
In order to do that? I want to take a good long look at my heart, my habits, my thoughts, my motivations, my intentions, my reality. As He reveals "me" to me? I pray He gives me the courage to face those things that are less than everything He wants me to be, and that I desire to be, and refine myself....
Building the businesses, my faith, fitness journey, goal setting and how I work towards them, physical and mental health, relationships, parenting, financial health, nutrition and how I use food to heal, hobbies. We will cover it all this year.
It is my humble honor to share this journey with all of you.. the journey to becoming Dawn - By Design. HIS Design.
Just me
