Finding balance in healing and sanctuary

Beautiful Souls,

If you’ve noticed the silence here in this written sanctuary, I want you to know it has not been because of neglect or rejection. I am still here — still healing, still creating, still tending this space with love. But the truth of recovery is that it comes in seasons.

I have good days and hard days, good weeks and hard weeks. In these past months, I have been carrying the weight of my own heavy story, and to keep from burning out I have had to balance where my energy goes. For a while, that has meant giving more to the shorter sanctuary offerings I’ve been sharing over on YouTube. These gentle Shorts take less from my body and brain in this season, and they’ve allowed me to keep speaking light into the darkness while protecting my capacity.

If you want to meet me there in the pauses between longer writings, you are welcome to visit the online sanctuary at YouTube. Each Short is just a breath — a reminder of safety, love, and the Real Jesus who never leaves. You can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/@rayafaithwriter

Please know this: my absence from writing does not mean I have abandoned you, or this space. This blog is still my home sanctuary — and when I can, I will always return here with the longer words that rise up in me.

I share this because I want you to see the real rhythm of healing. It is not all forward momentum. It is listening, slowing, sometimes even pausing. It is giving yourself permission to create within the limits of your nervous system and your neurodivergent capacity, while still holding hope for what is yet to come.

So if you find me in the silence, know this: I am still with you. I am still tending my healing. And when the words are ready, they will always find their way back here.

A new recovery story will be shared later today. The journey is real.

With Love,

Raya