Belong.
Exactly ten years ago today, I walked into a College and Career church gym-night and met the man I would marry. It was my 20th birthday. Wes was playing game of 3-on-3 basketball and I was on the sidelines, trying to look like I was comfortable in the setting. I wasn’t. But I was desperate to belong to a group. I went the church in search of a friend, I didn’t know I’d find my future. He came off the court sweaty and gross and plunked down on the ground beside me. I remember thinking, “Ew, you need a shower…” but then, he showed me a part of himself I still cherish…