Sept 3, 2025: unpacking and reorganizing
It all begins with an idea.
Happy HumpDay crusaders! 🌻💖
Yesterday’s post really had me doing some heavy self-reflecting. I can’t stress the importance and significance of having a community that sees you, listens to you, and shows you grace. Without my brothers and sisters in Christ, I’d be walking this path blindly and confusingly. I had one of my best friends tell me semi-recently that I’m a “vocal processor”. That would make a lot of sense as this exists.
Let me speak metaphorically. Let’s say we’re all back at school (the school of life that is!) and we all have a bookbag. We carry books of love and knowledge. We put the art work we made in class inside. We put the notes from your friends you’d pass in class. You go through life putting through so much in your bookbag. Some of those things, you grow out of. You grow up not needing (or even wanting) certain things in your bookbag.
My bookbag was one I got when I moved to Florida. I carried the time I spent with my father. The relationships I formed, destroyed, and neglected. I hold the guilt I have with losing what I called my “big girl job”. I hold the disappointment in myself for not asking for help when I needed it. I hold the relationships my daughter and I have formed together in a sacred, special pocket. There’s a lot of other things I don’t care to ever mention. Let’s just say, after my conversation last night with a certain brother and sister in Christ (love you 5ever A&J!), it’s okay to “go through the feels” just to go through the feels. There IS a better tomorrow. There ARE opportunities to grow, be better, and do better. There IS grace to give even when you feel like you’ve reached your limit.
Until tomorrow, I’ll leave here with today’s Bible verse:
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other s that you may be helaed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”
James 5:16
Three things that make me happy:
being back in ATL for what I call “concert season”, framed pictures, dancing in the rain
Celebrate what makes you happy always,
Jenna/Starshine ✨
Sept 2, 2025: hard truths to face
It all begins with an idea.
Happy Tuesday happiness crusaders! 🌻💖
It’s been a slow and productive day at work. I’ve only been at this job for a little over 30 days now and am still getting used to learning everything and taking on the job. My office is in Duluth, GA which (if you know) I used to work a LOT of food service jobs in this area in the past…. what I’ll start calling my past GA life. It what seems like everyone remembers me by and truthfully… it’s been hurtful. To be told, “Jenna, you need psychiatric help,” “Jenna, go talk to a therapist,” “Try journaling, Jenna!” and while those are all solid options, none of those came close to consoling in Jesus. He has been the one consistent power in my life that has literally kept me going (that and the love of my framily). Being back home in Gwinnett has had me reflecting on my time in Florida. My community there. My daughter’s friends and her school.
I know I’m responsible for a lot of hurt I’ve caused to others and the hurt I’ve put on myself. I’ve carried it on me like a bookbag for years. I guess this blog is my attempt to “unload my backpack”. All I can truly do is accept that for what is, share my apologies, do better, and move on.
My podcast though? I had someone ask me what my goal was for it and it genuinely had me thinking. WMMH was meant to be the bridge between people who need and deserve mental health care and provide the safe space and resources they need. It was recently that I came to terms with God made this all possible. My goal? I want to bring the church to people. I want to bring the word of God while providing the safe space to share testimonies (this sounds this should be a Reddit thread?!). I’m itching to answer for the unspoken. What’s happened and why it stopped. Until then, I’ll leave here with today’s Bible verse:
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7
Three things that make me happy:
discovering new-to-me music, margaritas, canvas paintings
Celebrate what makes you happy always,
Jenna/Starshine ✨
Happy Labor Day 2025
It all begins with an idea.
Happy Monday my fellow happiness crusaders 🌻💖
If you’re new here (new to me and what WMMH is all about), we take Mondays that are known to be feeling “blue” and being lethargic from weekend fun. Some may know me to wear yellow on Mondays. It’s my attempt to bring the happiness to Mondays by simply just wearing the color yellow. This has proven me to be exceptionally helpful in my own journey to mental wellness.
Soon, I’d like to start my podcast journey and have it start with me answering for some unspoken things. A lot has happened in the last six years and I’d love to take a chance to sit down and answer questions about it. WMMH had a growing presence on its Facebook group and I’ve been keeping it all to a minimum and making this what would be like the Facebook page/group. For now, I can definitely say that I’m looking to remove the WMMH name from Facebook and wanting to be its own identity… starting here.
Theres alot recently I’ve been struggling to deal with, but I know with God by my side and having and feeling His love… nothing else really matters (queue Kelsea Ballerini). While I struggle to realize that my efforts in trying have been exhausted, I understand that the power I hold to love so fiercely is still just as strong as it was when this all started. I find peace in knowing that… it is well with my soul.
Three things that make me happy:
cool mornings to sit and drink coffee, watching my daughter play and laugh, sweatpants.
Celebrate what makes you happy always,
Jenna/Starshine ✨
