Welcome Welcome !

I just want to begin by saying that I am glad you and your unique self are here! Whether it was intentional, or you just happened to stumble across it…WELCOME!

I am a firm believer in the facts that no thing in life is by chance, there is always a bigger purpose…bigger picture mentality. Our challenge as individuals is having the willingness to look for it.

To introduce myself, my name is Dana. I was born and raised in Michigan (GO BLUE!). I moved to VA in 2012 with both of my parents, and began the college party venture. For most of my life, I was chasing after acceptance or approval from friends and men around me, but always found myself either used, disappointed, or empty. It wasn’t until 2015 when the blog game entered my mind. I was embarking on a month and half road-trip across America by myself, and figured it would be appropriate to document it. Initially I was looking for fame and followers, but instead when I look back at it I can see that God was working even then. At the time I knew who God was, but I did not have any understanding of what it was like to live a life in partnership with Him.

But behold; He was writing me letters through the letters that I was writing to the audience. (Those blogs can all be found in the ARCHIVES tab if you are in need of a light read.)

When I came back from my trip the blog stopped, and my life quickly blew up before my eyes. My “strength” was not sufficient. My beloved Grandma passed away, I got a DUI, I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship, there were other relatives deaths, and all of it was accompanied by heavy stress and heavy drinking. Healthy coping was nonexistent, but at the time I was so consumed with myself to even notice anything around me.

Until.

The moment when I thought that it couldn’t get worse, my dad was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer (Unfortunately he did pass away in January of 2019).

It felt like the end. In short; I wanted to give up.

BUT GOD.

It is hard to even put to words, but when I say He showed up… I mean it. I cried out to Him in the walls of a church in VA as my last ditch effort at trying to figure out this life of mine, and He ran to my rescue. Yes, the King of Kings ran towards me. A broken, self absorbed, insecure, manipulative 22 year old girl. He came to me without even hesitating.

And from that point forward in 2016 it has been a partnership with Him and for Him. I’m not saying it has been this perfect easy journey; the opposite actually, but I have experienced more joy and purpose than any other moment before in my life. Only God.

In 2017, 9 months after giving my life to Christ, I abandoned the bondage of VA and moved to Utah for nursing school. I knew no one at the time, but what I did know was that God lead me to this place… and as always He showed up. During the initial two years living here in Utah, I shared blogs about my personal life and breakthroughs. However in this past year, it has become clear that the blog has shifted again.

This time it is all about their story, your story, my story, our story, to help us illuminate the unity that we all have together as we make up,

PRINTED HUMANITY

This is not about fame or followers. It is solely about providing encouragement, healing, motivation to just one person, but most importantly to bring glory to the one and only savior.

XOXO

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