Wanna know a secret? 3 years ago my reaction to this photo taken by my amazing friend, Jessica, was “I hate my nose, I hate my face”. And today, my reaction was instantly "Oh DAYUM, I look good. Hai girl, hhaaaaiiii!"

Wanna learn how I changed that reaction without even meaning to?

Open for details and photo I am speaking of.

Check out the top 10, as chosen by yours truly, fall festivals in the Arklatex. I bet most people didn't even think we had ten just in the fall. Well, we have a lot more than just ten fall festivals in the Arklatex. This list was fun and painstaking to make because of the many amazing events, it was hard to choose just 10. I challenge everyone to go to 3 this fall. Just 3, there are some coming up very shortly and some later in the fall so there is still time!

This week my little sister, Michelle, has written a guest blog post for y'all. She is going to tell her story, a shortened version, of abuse, rape, body-hatred, and then redemption.
This is easily one of the most, if not the most, moving stories that has ever graced the proverbial pages of the MGP blog.

Being that this story is my sisters life it got me in tears when I read it the first time; even though I have heard almost all of this in bits and pieces over the last 3 or so years. It was beautiful, powerful, and gut-wrenching to read it all together as one story.

Enjoy today's absolutely awe-inspiring story and please, take joy and some redemption from it for yourself!