The Story of Us and "Honestly Known"

Girl, I am telling you, it really scared me. In fact, it actually still scares me sometimes.

My biggest fear?… To be misunderstood, to be unknown.

In a world obsessed with self-image and self-promotion, I think many of us find it hard to be our honest selves, the woman God designed us to be, the woman God said, “I need one of her for my kingdom work” about.

When Carley girl and I met a few years ago we bonded over the exposed, vulnerable and broken parts of our lives. Both of us, growing up without our mothers, struggled with the idea of what it meant to be a godly, classy, goofy and unapologetically genuine woman in our current culture. We struggled with thoughts like, “Am I too much? Or am I not enough? And OMGosh I do NOT look like that!” We laughed and cried over the expectations of society and how, in many ways, we failed to measure up to that standard, but honestly… who wants to really measure up anyways?

We live in a topsy-turvy world. A world that says that if you do this, say this and act this way, you will finally be happy and fulfilled. The strange thing is, when I finally chose to do life a little different, I found exactly what I was looking for… joy, support, relationships… I found myself, that woman God created at the beginning of time… and I love her!

Two years ago, I was poking my eye with a stinking false eyelash, surrounded by put-together pageant girls with insane talent (who, must I say, could put on false eyelashes). And then I saw Carley girl, poking herself in the eye with false eyelashes too. I whispered to her, “Do you know what you are doing?” She whispered back, “No!”

And that has been us since.

Do we know what we are doing now? NO!

But that is the whole point, trying, failing, succeeding, whatever… it doesn’t really matter. We are truly so excited to have you join us in this journey of understanding what it means to be known by our creator… honestly known.

XO and in our honest words,

Carley J & Samara-Faith