It’s deliberate of me to leave out details about my job, education, or achievements because I don’t want to be defined by them. More than anything, I want to be remembered as a woman after God’s own heart—still a work in progress, just like any other Christian—simply sharing my journey, especially in this unique season of my life: midlife.

This stage of life comes with a different set of challenges that I wasn’t really prepared for especially when you’re single. Hence, I started to focus on this topic to help those who are in midlife or are still transitioning to midlife on what to expect and how to handle them. I believe God has a purpose for me in this season, and I just don’t want to let it go to waste.

Personally, I have come to believe that part of my life’s purpose is to showcase how God can use one’s weaknesses to strengthen others. Just to give a bit of context – if you knew me back in grade school, you’d remember how much I dreaded public speaking. I still recall being required to deliver a declamation; I barely got through two sentences before walking off stage. That’s how intense my stage fright was. Even my life group leader once asked me, “What would make you talk?”

It took time, a bit of training, and a lot of God’s Word to help me step out and share more of myself in public. I still cringe sometimes when I post, but I keep reminding myself of why I do it.

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
— 2 Corinthians 12:9