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When You Get Sick and Watch Everybody Leave
Some seasons are quiet before they are healed. When You Get Sick and Watch Everybody Leave Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly, what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today I want to tell y'all about one of the hardest lessons I ever learned. It didn't come from a book. It came from a hospital bed. So let's get into today's story. There is a kind of lonely that only shows up when your body
Shannon Anderson
Aug 214 min read


This Is My Testimony: What God Did for Me Through Lupus
Four storms hit. The lettuce stayed. This Is My Testimony: What God Did for Me Through Lupus Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly, what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today I woke up on a mission. I wanted to sit my kids down and tell them what God has done for me, and then it hit me that I've never told y'all either. So, let's get into today's story. This is my testimony. This is how I
Shannon Anderson
Aug 184 min read


Life Be Life-ing, But I'm Still Choosing the Good
Some of the best moments happen barefoot in the driveway. Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly, what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today I want to tell y'all about a day that tried to knock me down and still turned into one of the best days I've had in a while. So, let's get into today's story. Yesterday, August 16th, reminded me that life can hand you bad news and still turn around and
Shannon Anderson
Aug 174 min read


When Faith Feels Heavy, I Still Hold On
Some prayers don't have pretty words. They just have 'help me.'" When Faith Feels Heavy, I Still Hold On Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly, what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today has been an emotional day for me, one of those days where I'm trying to stay faithful, trying to remind myself that God is still God even when everything around me feels like chaos. So let's get into today
Shannon Anderson
Aug 164 min read


Small Wins: What "Becoming a Better Version of Yourself" Actually Looks Like Day to Day
Every small win counts even the ones nobody else sees. Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. So let's get into today's story, because I want to talk about something we all overlook: the small wins. Everybody talks about becoming a better version of yourself, but what does that actually look like day to day? Every win isn't buying a house, getting a new
Shannon Anderson
Aug 154 min read


The One They Didn't Choose: A Poem About Being Overlooked and Still Becoming
Some of the strongest souls were built in silence. Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today I'm not telling you a story. I'm giving you a poem. This one is called The One They Didn't Choose, and it came from a real place. So, let's get into it. THE ONE THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE Born into the world with hope in her eyes, But love didn't meet her it passed
Shannon Anderson
Aug 141 min read


My Honest Review of The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith
Sometimes healing starts with finally speaking up. 💕 My Honest Review of The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today I'm back in my reading corner with my honest The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith review, and y'all, this one had me in my feelings. So, let's get into today's story. Heads up before we start: this boo
Shannon Anderson
Aug 144 min read


My Honest Review of Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
Sometimes you have to get away from all the noise just to hear yourself again. 💕📖 Think Like a Monk reminded me that healing starts when we stop running from our fears and finally face them. Hey, my beautiful readers! Welcome back to My Sassy Stories, where I share my life honestly what I've experienced, how I felt, and what each season has taught me. Today's story is a little different because I'm bringing y'all into my reading corner for my Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
Shannon Anderson
Aug 143 min read


When Life Feels Like Too Much: My Real Talk on Feeling Overwhelmed
Some days, life just feels like TOO MUCH. 😩🩷 But I’m learning that pausing doesn’t mean giving up. OK, where do I even start? It's been a long day, and I'm just gonna say this welcome, my beautiful readers, welcome back to The Sassy Stories. Y'all know when I come and write what's on my mind, I tell it all. So let's dive into my day, because today, I was feeling overwhelmed in a way that had me wanting to sit in the closet and cry like I used to. Yes, I'm that girl who goe
Shannon Anderson
Aug 64 min read


The First Book That Made Me Cry: My Honest Review of Take Me With You When You Go
Take Me With You When You Go book review cozy flat-lay with tea and blanket Books & What They Taught Me | The Sassy Stories ⭐ Sassy's Rating: 5/5 Stars Sometimes a Book Finds You Right When You Need It Y'all... I've read a few books in my time, but this one? This one was different. Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer Niven is officially the first book that ever made me cry. Not because it was trying to squeeze tears out of me, but because I saw myself
Shannon Anderson
Aug 54 min read


One Year Married: The Truth About Almost Not Making It
"Couple celebrating their one year wedding anniversary with a warm embrace" Welcome back to The Sassy Story, y'all! I'm so excited to finally be diving into this my new blog, my safe space, the place where I tell y'all everything at the end of the day. No filter, no cleanup, just me being over the top the way I am in real life. So let's get into the nitty gritty: how was my week? Girl. Let me tell you. We Made It to One Year (Barely) Last week was amazing, and here's why Ju
Shannon Anderson
Aug 53 min read


Today I Got My Own Back
Yearn 4 My Way Back to Me There are mornings when your body hurts before your heart has the chance to catch up. Today was one of those mornings. I woke up not in the best headspace. My body was on fire my legs burning, my thighs aching, my throat sore and honestly, I don't even know what I did to deserve carrying this kind of weight. There is so much going on inside of me that I found myself running into the closet, screaming and crying out to God. "Please help me. I don't t
Shannon Anderson
Jul 265 min read
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