For those who wondered, I answered. ❤
FOR THOSE WHO WONDERED, I ANSWERED…
Soooo, I wrote a book!
My book has officially been published and as of now, you can find it on Amazon! This book traces the last 10-14 years of my life. Marked by deep pain, depression, trauma, and an eating disorder, yet woven through every single moment is the golden thread of God’s presence. He was with me. Always. Faithful …
I Met My Younger Self For Coffee
I met my younger self for coffee... We were both 10 minutes early. She was wearing skinny jeans, and I was wearing sweatpants. Her hair was long, and mine was short. She cared a little too much about her appearance, and I was free. She couldn’t decide between a lavender latte and a chai. I …
Treatment-resistant depression, but my God has the final say.
The doctors tell you that they wish they had a magic wand to help you. You’re left to wonder if it’ll always be this way. You sit in treatment centers and hear dry words that carry death and can suck the life and hope out of someone, “You’ll always struggle to some extent.” You hear …
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I Wrote A Book…Stay Tuned!
As most know by now, I have wanted to write a book since high school! Well, this week I wrapped up the writing portion of said book. Emmanuel In All My Moments will be published soon, so stay tuned!!! God has redeemed and restored so much when I look back at the last ten years …
Thanks a Latte Thoughts
I am sitting at Thanks a Latte this afternoon writing a book that will be published someday. Eight years ago, I was sitting here at this Thanks a Latte writing. During that time, I was only beginning to walk through depression. I self-harmed, I was in and out of school, and I traveled to Duke …
Eating Disorder Awareness Week – My Story
It was 2014 and I had been hospitalized for depression not an eating disorder. Yet the doctors made it very clear to me that if I wasn't eating the hospital food, I had an eating disorder. My question is, who likes the hospital food? My roommate and I came up with a plan that anytime a nurse came into our room I would take out my goldfish crackers that my mom brought me and I would snack on those. At the time, I had no relationship with any eating disorder. And not in a million years did I ever think I would struggle with one. The doctors were simply wrong in that moment but this was my first introduction to someone assuming I had an eating disorder based upon my appearance.
29 and So Much Life Left To Live.
i remember laying in my bed at 18 staring at balloons in my room simply dreading my 19th birthday. when i was 19, i was scared to turn 20. i wanted to escape. as birthdays continued the theme continued. but i celebrated. with family, with balloons, with gifts, with dinners, with smiles. on the outside …
Things to Live For.. and Stay For
THINGS TO LIVE FOR. i am learning my “why” is an anchor and can’t be moved within any storm. but there are little things that keep me going. little things to live for and stay for too. glimpses of joy. this year almost knocked me out but thank God for the people in my life …
Don’t Hold Onto The How…Just Go Skydiving.
recently i got caught up in a whirlwind that is “next steps”. finding myself overwhelmed, the Father whispered “holding onto the ‘how’ is only hurting you. release it to Me.” a few years ago before making the decision to come to Redding, i was in the same place. i remember sitting in a coffee shop when i found myself intimidated by what was ahead. as i wrestled with some of what the Lord was showing me about my future, i let the question of “how?” become bigger and bolder than His beautiful promises and purpose for my life. instead of having confidence in Him, i tried calculating how everything would work. in that moment, the Lord took me back to the first time i went skydiving. i was thinking about the excitement that i had until i realized exactly what i was going to be doing... falling out of the sky intentionally. there were so many doubts and fears coming up. within seconds my mind was clinging to the worst case scenario.
annie snyder 