HeyJaredMakinde Victoria
Clinical Pharmacist/Creative Writer. My pen is my pulpit — whether I’m weaving fiction rooted in truth or recounting real testimonies, my goal is simple: to draw you closer to the One who writes the best stories of all.
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Maybe You’re Further Along Than You Think (opens the original)
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I used to think growth would feel different.I thought there would be a particular morning when I would wake up and suddenly feel wiser, stronger, more confident, and completely sure of what I was doing with my life.Well… that morning never came. 😂Instead, I realized growth happened quietly.It happened when I became comfortable with outgrowing things I once desperately wanted.It happened when I realized that becoming the person I want to be is not a dramatic transformation. It is often a collecti
THE THINGS PEOPLE DON’T SAY— PART 2 (opens the original)
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As I wrote in the newsletter I shared last week, “The Things People Don’t Say: What Writing Taught Me About the Hearts Behind the Faces,” I promised we would continue this intriguing conversation.So, here we are. ❤️And this time, I want to talk about something else writing has taught me:People remember how you made them feel.A character may forget the exact words someone said to them, but they rarely forget how those words made them feel.The same is true in real life.Someone may forget the expen
The Things People Don’t Say (opens the original)
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Writing has made me suspicious of simple explanations. Not in a bad way though. I just no longer believe that the person who says, “I’m fine,” is necessarily fine.Or that the person who is always laughing has nothing to cry about.Or that the person who keeps pushing everyone away doesn’t secretly wish someone would stay.Perhaps this is one of the strangest things writing has taught me about people: “There is almost always a story behind the behaviour.”When I started writing, I thought characters
You Can’t Be Everything to Everyone (opens the original)
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There is a quiet exhaustion that comes from constantly trying to be everything to everyone.The dependable friend.The available sibling.The understanding partner.The responsible son/daughter.The person who always shows up.You say yes when you want to say no because you don’t want to disappoint anyone.You stretch yourself a little further because someone needs you.You keep explaining, accommodating, adjusting, showing up until one day, you realize you have become so available to everyone else that
The Advice I Didn’t Need (opens the original)
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My friend sat across from me, listening as I talked.Twenty minutes.That was how long I had been emptying everything onto the table between us.The disappointment.The unanswered prayers.The plans that had looked so promising until, somehow, they didn’t work out.The opportunities that slipped through my fingers.The quiet frustration of watching people around me move forward while I seemed to be standing in the same place, staring at a life that refused to budge.When I finally ran out of words, I sa
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