Achieve the Impossible Today

Well, I can not believe it is the time to share this. I’ve been working on writing this for a few months and then it was sitting in my drafts for a little bit. It’s been a busy season recently with graduating with my Bachelor’s in Marketing and then going away for a week to serve at a Christian Retreat. The topic I wrote about today has been on my heart since the beginning of this year, but I’ve been waiting for the Lord to let me release this. It’s been a journey over the past few years and I’m so excited to share this with y’all!!

Sarah in 2018

If you asked me back in 2018 if I felt comfortable in my own skin, I would’ve said I think so… It wouldn’t have been a definite yes. At this time, I didn’t know the Lord yet. I was insecure. I held a lot of baggage. I was depressed. I was anxious. I didn’t understand even what it was I went through as a child. He would later in the year come and encounter me at a little church service in Virginia Beach that was outside. For years, I quietly hid behind my glasses and my smile.

In April of 2018, I had shaved part of my hair off to expose a scar from a surgery I had to reconstruct my skull. That scar for the longest time was such a challenging part of myself that I just didn’t like. The side I had shaved was this super cool Harry Potter looking scar (although a friend recently said it looked like a river). The other side of my head told a different story. The way the scar healed, it isn’t as pretty and is much larger. For years I was insecure about this hidden scar that only a few people knew about. Shaving my head was a healing process for me because I was able to speak about why my hair was that way. It was new and hip. I would have multiple photos done where they would focus on that scar. A photo example is below from Faith Over Fear ~ Brain Issues (used as a cover photo from a previous blog I had written):

It was part of my identity. It was my special thing. People knew me because of my cool hairstyle. It was how I started conversations with people. One of my friends recognized me in a church small group because she saw a video that showed my scar. The photos always looked amazing and like I was either strong or going off the deep end (depending who you asked).

Fast Forward to 2025

And then one night a little over a year ago… The Lord told me to grow my shaved side out. This came from me looking in the mirror and feeling uncomfortable with how my hair looked. I didn’t see the girl who the Lord created. It was a gentle whisper from Him. From that point forward, I started growing my shaved side out.

Few people knew I had made this decision until the hair got to the first stage of growing out…sticking out because it was straight and too short to do anything with. And from that point on there would be many different phases and new hairstyles. Each time the hair gets a tiny bit longer it adds another challenge. Almost a year later and the hair is around my chin. It is layered and so pieces are longer than others (which adds more fun times with styling).

Sarah in 2025

If you’ve read my previous blog, Accepting All the Lord Has Done, you’ll already know the Lord has been showing me so much. This year so far has been a constant reminder of the beauty He has created and where He has placed me.

He places all of us in specific locations for specific reasons. If you are finding yourself in a space where you’re questioning something and not really sure, have hope. The Lord created you in your mother’s womb and has made you uniquely.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.

– Psalm 139:13-18 NIV

We started out the year with the Lord showing me a few ways in which He has healed me. And then in mid-January the idea of not wearing glasses arose. I saw my face without glasses one night while I was getting ready for bed. This was the first time I saw myself without glasses in the most beautiful way. I actually enjoyed the face the Lord created. For years, I hid behind glasses and was now questioning, why would I ever do this?

Below are photos of my excitement with my glasses being off and seeing the growth of the shaved side (some of my hair was capable of making it into the half-up half-down hairdo) .

But I wore glasses to help me see… Do you see what the present issue may be? Well, no fear! A friend recently was speaking on how he stopped wearing glasses about a year ago and read a book where glasses are only supposed to be an aid and how it’s possible to regain your vision. He suggested I read a book called The Bates Method for Better Eyesight Without Glasses (this is not an endorsement of any sort, just sharing a book that I found helpful). Since his suggestion, I started the book right away and have forgotten to pick it up again. I made it about the quarter of the way through and it was mind-blowing and will be a book I pick up again soon 🙂

After this discovery about 1-2 weeks later, I fully committed to not wearing glasses. The transition was interesting, but wasn’t super hard for me. I don’t have horrible vision, so it really was just seeing things a little bit more blurry than typical. I am still able to read signs, read books, etc. This is not a blog post on my journey, it may be a blog post in the future, so I will stop here and continue on with the beauty topic.

It was almost immediately where I stopped wearing my glasses and if I tried to put my glasses on I just did not like my face. This was a complete change from what I had thought for years with glasses on my face. I believe the Lord showed me His beauty found within the girl who never liked how her face looked.

I no longer identify as a girl who wears glasses, but as a girl who was beautifully and wonderfully made by the Lord. There is more confidence in knowing how uniquely He has created me.

Until next time! Hoping it won’t be another few months until the next blog is released. Until then, check out It’s a Rare Story, where I interview others who have rare stories of living with rare diseases and/or disabilities.

P.S. if you’re reading this and have a rare disease and/or disability story you would like to share, email me at itsararestory@gmail.com. No diagnosis is too small to share!

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