December 7, 2025: this wasn’t on purpose
It all begins with an idea.
Happy Sunday happiness crusaders 💖
I apologize for not updating this as regularly. The busiest time of the year has been brought upon me as a single parent. This usually starts around Halloween and will slow down after Valentine’s Day next year. Thanksgiving was a doozy as I visited my own family’s for the first time in seven years and I didn’t feel like I lasted an hour. For Christmas, my daughter and I will be road-tripping to Colorado to see some good friends (my co-founder of WMMH and her family). I’m excited to see what the rest of 2025 will look like, to see what 2026 will provide for my family and I, and celebrating a special little girl’s 9th birthday!
Today’s sermon at Frias Church was a word I didn’t know I was desperate to hear. What is given is never lost. It is sown. If God provides and it stays with you, it will never be sown. For the good we teach our children, they grow into the adults spreading that goodness to future generations. Choosing to take five minutes to love your spouse sets your relationship up for success for years to come. The seeds we plant today are sown for generations. It all starts with a choice. The choice to express gratitude. The choice to love. What seeds will you plant for yourself to be sown in 2026?
When God’s blessing is on your ordinary, it becomes extraordinary.
May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.
Romans 15:5
Until next week, here’s three things today that make me happy:
curating playlists (stay tuned for this), peppermint white mochas, Squishmallows.
Celebrate what makes you happy always.
Stay blessed,
Jenna/Starshine ✨
November 2, 2025: never sleeping on our blessings
It all begins with an idea.
Happy Sunday happiness crusaders 💖
Today, and this week, have been so uninspiring. One setback after another. Taking it day by day. There’s comfort to be found in the blessings around us.
I’m blessed to have my little family who is happy, healthy, and safe. I have my framily that is happy, healthy, and safe. I have my job. I have my vehicle. I have my community. I have What Makes Me Happy. I have a podcast I should be working on. Podcast questions still be sent here: https://forms.gle/tMfuycnfAnpLMhkW9
Things in my personal life have gotten a little weird. I’m still not sure what words to use to describe how it all makes me feel in this moment. Am I surprised? Absolutely not. All I can truthfully say is that the former me wouldn’t be reacting this calmly… and we call that growth. Today, I choose to seek the small blessings I have in my life currently and celebrate those.
When God’s blessing is on your ordinary, it becomes extraordinary.
Until next week, here’s three things today that make me happy:
Leftover Halloween candy, the laughter of small children, warm blankets.
Celebrate what makes you happy always.
Stay blessed,
Jenna/Starshine ✨
Oct 26, 2025: the lie of shame
It all begins with an idea.
Another day, another dawn! Happy Sunday, happiness crusaders! 💖
A few important things have happened this past week (and will trickle into the coming week) that, of course, have shifted my perspective on a lot. I’ve been so grateful to be back in Georgia, reconnecting with a few friends from my past, and getting in touch with the special parts about me that make me… me. Without those friends and experiences, I’m not who I am today. This is my public thank you.
Thank you for showing me who I am, what I love, what I deserve.
Thank you for showing me who I’m not, what I detest, what I don’t deserve.
Some experiences have left a bitter taste in my mouth due to my own vices. There’s plenty I’ve let disrupt and interrupt my joy. I depended too much on the external validation from others and have failed time and time again to see my own worth. I carry that shame with me. I carried it with me during my cancer diagnosis, my usage with cannabis (I’m currently 10 days free!) and other certain aspects of my life.
I have a friend (whose name will remain anonymous) who recently shared some of their shame with me privately. Like I’ve mentioned before, grief changes us as humans. We lean into some dangerous vices that we eventually see as self-infliction and damaging to ourselves. They’ve recently asked me to support them in their journey beginning AA and start going to church. As a human in my current stance, I was honored to be presented this truth and am very proud of my friend for acknowledging their own actions and wanting to do something about it.
In short, we all believe others are living their version of a fairytale life while you’re suffering in your own horror movie. Truth is, we’re all struggling with something. We all carry some form of shame for something we’ve said or done. None of us are proud of it, but you should never allow the shame to paralyze the power of your testimony.
This past week, I’ve also been thinking about podcast ideas. I would like to open the forum to ask me any questions you might have for me. I’m hoping to bring light to some situations and a perspective to show that things do get better.
You can ask me questions here:
https://forms.gle/tMfuycnfAnpLMhkW9
Until next week, here’s three things today that make me happy:
Cuddly doggies, my hoodies I can wear in this colder weather, the remote start on my Jeep.
Celebrate what makes you happy always,
Jenna/Starshine ✨
