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I've always dreamed of sharing my heart flow with people in the form of a blog. Now while I have attempted to do this a few times so far all my attempts seemed to have failed me. Except for that time I wrote a blog about my brother and his journey through cancer. (Find that here.) It has been through that process - now processing through his death - that I have reached this place of determination to make my dreams become a reality. As this website I've created grows I hope to share not just through words but also through pictures, sharing some of my favorite photos I've captured as well as eventually my paintings. I'm a creative at heart. With that comes a love for nature and travel. With that also comes a confusing process of life and 'what I want to be when I grow up.' I hope as I process here; as I share my heart flow with all of you that somehow you too become inspired or challenged. I will be vulnerable and through that I pray that my process reveals Jesus to you in a new way. 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