Making My Day

In a stressful and exhausting week, I want to give some shoutouts to the things that made me feel infinitely better.

• To Cheesecake Factory! To time with two of my favorite boys, good food, and the delicious new Cinnabon flavor
• To happy engagements! To the most adorable couple of all time. To receiving my Save the Date card from Evan & Ali
• To empowering women! To the amazing, informative, and soul healing Women in Theatre Conference at HCC and all the incredible ladies I met. To seeing people I love in such an important setting. To making the drive there and back
• To Mamma Mia 2! To seeing family, laughing, and singing together
• To accepting Christ. To watching your family heal and support one another in their walks of faith. To the beautiful lives that are sure to come

Women's Group

My first real Bible Study with the women's group. It was lovely. It was a sweet message that, when I am a wife and a mother, I hope to hold close to my heart. I'm grateful for these ladies that show me love every day. And I'm happy to be in a safe place where I know people care and want the best for me. We're all growing together, and that's an amazing thing. And the best part is we all have fun doing it!

Day 10: Real Life

Go to work every day, reppin' the place that prepared me.

Vertiella

The title is Jess' new term for "Vagina"

Reason 196: Have you ever heard of the Vagina Monologues? It's a series of monologues about the vagina. I'm not kidding. It's just women talking about their vaginas. Some are outrageously funny. Others are heart wrenching. The whole show is super good. And McDaniel does it every year. The show tonight was brilliant. And I didn't feel awkward at all. I was seriously entertained. Seriously, if you ever get the chance, get your hands on the book, and just read them. I'm glad I went. I'm so proud of this powerful group of women. Usually I'm completely against any obnoxious unnecessary feminist junk. But this actually did a great job of getting an essential message across. We are strong.