Returning to Your Own Rhythm

It's story time with Andra. Today more truth than story. I was a little defiant

growing up. If my mom said, “Stay in the front,” you could count on finding me in

the back. I didn’t do it to rebel — I just didn’t like being boxed in.

With four girls in one house, I learned to enjoy time alone. I’ve always beat

to my own drum… and honestly? I still do. But here’s what I’ve learned:

There’s always pressure to conform. To fit in. To dim down. To become more digestible

for a world that doesn’t even know who it is. Kids feel it. Adults feel it.

And when we finally start listening to that pressure instead of our own rhythm,