#76 Why I Finally Wrote the Story I Never Thought I’d Tell

She Rises: Faith, Freedom and Order for Christian Women · Sep 2, 2026 · 32m

After 75 episodes of She Rises, I’m sharing something morepersonal than ever before: my memoir, Everything But the Past: A Family, a Secret and the Courage to Break the Pattern.

In some ways, this book began long before I understood thestory I would eventually tell. From around the age of nine, I carried a deep sense that one day I would write a book. Years later, as my faith grew, that quiet conviction became something I believed God was repeatedly asking me toobey — even when I doubted whether my story mattered or whether anyone would want to read it.

For years, I also believed strength…