Based in the desert of West Texas, Amara Bratcher is a full-time student minister who also writes, takes pictures and volunteers with at-risk children. She has written a book entitled The Bridge That Love Built for adopted kids who have gaps in the early years of their lives. She likes her coffee French Pressed and wears her hair curly 365 days a year. 

checking boxes

Amara Bratcher

Let me tell you, he said, how frustrating it can be -
to check all the boxes and then ask, “Now what?”

College - check!
Grad school - check!
Marriage - check!
Kids - check!
Great job - check!
House - check!

Can you imagine, I said, how frustrating it is -
to do all the work, go though all the steps and still have none of the boxes checked that culture and the church say mark success?

Either the boxes are broken or I am.

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the vow