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I Choose Grit
a space to share our heavy burdens
  • Take up your cross.
    Hope | My Journey | Uncategorized

    Take up your cross.

    Byichoosegrit September 2, 2024February 26, 2025

    In the Catholic world, you hear a lot about carrying your cross. Offering things up. Approaching suffering in a way that allows it to be redemptive. But what does this mean, actually? I’ve been chewing on this a bit more…

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  • With Me.
    Blog. | general | Hope | Lourdes.

    With Me.

    Byichoosegrit September 23, 2022August 2, 2024

    After a (beautiful) escapade through Ireland, the beginning of my final weekend in Lourdes started pretty choppy. My mom, who was supposed to be with me at the time, happen to acquire a massive kidney stone a few days before…

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  • Changes.
    Blog. | Gritty Stories | Hope | Lourdes. | minisode | work

    Changes.

    Byichoosegrit May 11, 2022February 27, 2025

    The last 13 months in a nutshell: 1) saying yes to a (part-time) middle-school counseling job after a long season off to focus on my health, 2) a long commute, working around student schedules, and expectations beyond simply counseling soon…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Berta Hawley: One Well-Earned Diploma.,

    Byichoosegrit August 29, 2021June 17, 2024

    So, so glad that all get to hear from my friend, Berta Hawley in the latest podcast episode. To put it simply: this girl is my hero. Berta was born with holes in her heart & entered the foster care…

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  • real life chronic illness: why I said yes to a JOB…and some grief.
    Lifestyle | minisode | work

    real life chronic illness: why I said yes to a JOB…and some grief.

    Byichoosegrit February 4, 2021August 8, 2024

    It’s not often that you confidently say yes to a (part-time) job when you have a chronic illness, but this week (after much time & discernment…& 8 months off work) I did just that, & I couldn’t be more thrilled….

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  • when a global pandemic makes you stronger.
    Blog. | Hope

    when a global pandemic makes you stronger.

    Byichoosegrit January 12, 2021August 8, 2024

    After a conversation with a mentor of mine recently, she commented on how, while a number of people have grown more discouraged during this strange time, it seems like I’ve gotten stronger. She is right, and there are a few…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Lona: Homelessness.

    Byichoosegrit October 21, 2020June 17, 2024

    Happy to share the story of my friend, Lona Owens, on the podcast today. Lona & I sat down this summer to chat about her experiences with homelessness & the grit she discovered within herself through that process. Hear what…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Sam: I Got Mono & it Never Went Away.

    Byichoosegrit October 8, 2020June 17, 2024

    Catching up on podcast blog posts for last weeks’ episode featuring my friend Sam Wiebersch. I LOVED sitting down with Sam to chat about how she’s chosen grit in so many ways due to struggles she’s had with her physical…

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  • Hope | minisode | My Journey | Podcast

    A Global Pandemic & Podcast Season TWO.

    Byichoosegrit September 8, 2020June 17, 2024

    Despite our lives being completely. INSANE, Summer 2020 was an oddly sacred time to me in the midst of all the chaos. One of the greatest blessings? Prepping & recording a whole slew of podcast episodes to share with every…

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  • Christmas….and PODCAST!
    chronic pain | Hope | minisode

    Christmas….and PODCAST!

    Byichoosegrit December 30, 2019June 13, 2024

    Christmas for me in a nutshell: Jesus, puzzles, Little Women, burning cookies, fixing my broken car, basketball, catching up with friends from home, and…….PODCAST. What a blessed week celebrating a God that is born into the unexpected the same time…

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