Scribblings by Nancy

We scribbled homework on the bus, learned from boredom, and now raise humans with healing hearts. This one’s for us - the resilient Millennials. Lately, I keep hearing all this talk - Millennials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha. I’ll be honest, I can’t keep up with all the lingo. But it got me thinking about my own tribe - the generation I proudly belong to. I’m a proud Millennial, born in the 1980s. Proud, because I think we’ve truly seen it all - from the no-media phase, to the one-TV-in-the-house phase, to today, where everyone walks around with a screen in hand. We learned to turn boredom into creativity. We had the perfect cartoons. We weren’t confused about who we were. Sure, we sat in ignorant oblivion - but we used our brains and felt everything with heart. We didn’t have AI to do our homework, or even Google to rescue us. We relied on each other. I still remember scribbling homework on the school bus! We knew what respect meant. We knew when to talk, and when not to. We weren’t perfect - bu...

Brace yourself, we’re peeling off some labels today! At the kids' church I’m part of, we’ve been talking about a big topic - identity . But truthfully, it’s not just a conversation for kids. It’s something we all wrestle with, especially when life doesn’t go according to plan. In moments of crisis, many of us find ourselves asking: Am I doing okay? Am I even good enough? Why do I feel so lost? I have to fit in somehow. I’m a failure. I feel invisible. Do I even matter to anyone? Sound familiar? You’re not alone. These thoughts creep in when our sense of identity feels shaky. Where Does Our Identity Begin? Our identity, the way we see ourselves often forms quietly, without us even realizing it. At home, in school, among friends, the labels we hear start shaping our self-image. A parent’s comment like “You’re so lazy” can linger for years. A teacher’s label like “naughty” can become a badge we never wanted. Society’s messages - be smarter, thinner, more outgoing can pile up silently....