I’ve been carrying the idea for this post in my head for a few months now. If I’m being honest, the initial notion was planted back in the fall of 2018 when a stranger struck up a conversation with me on my way into the office, but I will get into that here in a bit.

I have a confession to make: I teach ESL classes online from my home.

Today is National Coming Out Day in the United States. Last year, and the year prior, I posted something specific about my coming out story, or why I felt like it was important to be public about my sexuality for visibility sake.

Welcome to Sinner (Pt 2)! If you didn’t catch last week’s post you can do so here . We have a lot to cover so let’s get into the discussion of the film! Full spoilers ahead and all that jazz.

I like movies. So much so that I considered creating a blog just focusing on movie reviews, but that didn’t seem to make sense and have nearly as much of a purpose as BraveNewLove once this idea hit. That said, I do very much believe that movies reflect life and influence culture that does have an impact on us.

Not too long ago my family took a trip down to Port Aransas for Labor Day Weekend. Cue “ Vacation” by the Gogo’s : “Vacation, all I ever wanted. Vacation, have to get away…” Not kidding, I would literally sing it on repeat leading up to and on the trip itself.

My last two posts have been Pride related and focused on the joy of having gay pride , and what I believe gay pride is . Those posts have been the catalyst of some really interesting conversations with friends and family who read along. These conversations have been in good faith and with a curiosity that has yielded some great questions in order to gain a better understanding of the gay experience. They have made me think and have challenged me on so many levels that I thoug

In case you missed it, June is Pride month. I write that a bit facetiously because it seems like each year the presence of Pride season becomes more visible and apparent. The massive amounts of companies who are showing support for Pride by putting their products in rainbow containers or creating rainbow logos has definitely become a running joke in gay communities.

Earlier this year I participated in my fourth Texas Independence Relay (or TIR for short). The race is a 200+ mile run from Gonzales, to Houston, TX where teams of 12 rotate so that there is always a runner on the road with each leg ranging between 3-7 miles. I have learned by now that when you say that you have done something like that, you get many types of reactions but they all usually fall into either the “Wow, that is awesome,” or “Wow, that sounds terrible/stupid,” cam

As I shared in a previous post, I struggled a lot with the idea of me being a massage therapist. The acceptance and validation structure...

Remember when you had a substitute teacher in grade school? They would typically roll in one of those TVs on those strange rolling shelves they were kept on and you'd probably be watching a video that may or may not have anything to do with what you were studying.

Over the past few weeks I’ve ran 3 out of 4 initial blog posts to explain the Brave New Love mission of sharing stories and creating space to live authentically through discussion of life, wellness, and faith.