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Chapters that brush against this theme, feeling, or thread in the story.

Learning to Pause Instead of React

Dec 24, 2025
by A Work in Progress

Scripture: James 1:19

I didn't lose her because I didn't care—I lost her because I reacted before I paused. This chapter reflects on the cost of urgency, the wisdom of restraint, and the faith required to choose silence over instinct.

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What I Mistook for Love

Dec 23, 2025
by A Work in Progress

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:11

I chased urgency instead of intimacy, mistaking intensity for connection and being needed for being loved. This chapter reflects on the hard lessons that come from loving without safety—and the clarity that arrives when you finally learn what love is not.

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Becoming, Not Arrived

Dec 23, 2025
by A Work in Progress

Scripture: Philippians 1:6

Becoming doesn't wait until everything is healed or resolved. It unfolds quietly in the middle—while questions remain unanswered and growth feels slow. This chapter is not about arrival, but about honoring the process God is still writing.

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The Author I Didn't See at First

Dec 22, 2025
by A Work in Progress

Scripture: Proverbs 16:9

Faith didn't arrive as certainty—it arrived as persistence. Looking back, I'm beginning to recognize God's hand not in the obvious moments, but in the quiet redirections that kept my story moving forward.

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The Weight I Chose to Carry

Dec 22, 2025
by A Work in Progress

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Fatherhood didn't come with clarity or confidence—it came with responsibility, reflection, and a quiet kind of faith. This chapter explores the weight, the growth, and the unseen lessons that come from choosing to show up every day as a father still becoming.

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Choosing Presence

Dec 19, 2025
by A Work in Progress

A quiet day shaped by intention, concern, and gentleness—learning that presence doesn't always mean staying, and care doesn't always need words.

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Before the Breaking

Dec 11, 2025
by A Work in Progress

Scripture: Matthew 18:10

These are the memories from the years before my world changed—the first hints of innocence, chaos, and a childhood already bending under weights I didn't understand.

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