#childhood

Scripture: Psalm 27:10

I was still a child when I learned that needing someone didn't mean they would stay. This chapter reflects on abandonment, longing, and the moment emotional self-reliance stopped being a choice and became a necessity.

Scripture: Ezekiel 18:20

Some patterns repeat because they're easy. Others repeat because they're familiar. This chapter reflects on the parts of my childhood I'm consciously trying not to recreate—and the quiet resistance that comes with choosing a different path as a father.

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:8

Before I ever dated anyone, love felt simple. It meant providing, supporting, and showing up responsibly. This chapter explores how that definition formed early—and how its simplicity later revealed both strength and limitation.

Scripture: Isaiah 49:15

Love growing up wasn't something I felt consistently—it was something I observed, survived, or interpreted through absence. This chapter explains how provision, distance, and unpredictability shaped the way I learned to understand love.

Scripture: Psalm 68:5

Before I understood love as connection, I learned it as survival. This chapter reflects on how childhood shaped my instincts, how self-reliance filled the gaps, and how becoming a parent transformed the way I understand love, family, and legacy.

Scripture: Isaiah 49:15-16

There was a moment in my childhood when life stopped feeling uncertain and started feeling dangerous. This is where survival became my language.

Scripture: Matthew 18:10

These are the memories from the years before my world changed—the first hints of innocence, chaos, and a childhood already bending under weights I didn't understand.