Hello! I’m Victoria. I’ve filled out a LOT of “About Me” sections over the years, and somehow they always get me thinking. How do you answer, “Who am I?” in a few pithy paragraphs that somehow stay biographically accurate and remotely interesting to anyone else?
Who am I? It’s a simple question. Simple, but not easy, and very, very deep. And, I’ve learned, worth asking.
It’s been quite a journey for me to learn who I am in Christ, but good and hard both, I wouldn’t trade any of it. Learning to, in the words of Ken Davis, live with nothing to prove, nothing to hide, and nothing to lose — to live fully alive in Christ — is something we may not master on this side of eternity. But the kind of life Christ offers, sustained by His faithfulness and held fast in His love, is so, so worth the journey.
As a first generation homeschool grad, college grad, and graduate student, I’ve spent a lot of time in and out of the classroom — but it’s what I’ve learned from life that has been the most valuable. I’m the oldest of six kids in an adoptive military family and the newlywed bride of a law student, and those experiences have given me a unique perspective on strength and family amidst the ups and downs of life. I’m passionate about equipping young adults to recognize their potential, to form a Biblical sense of identity, and to know God and make Him known in daily life.
I don’t, however, prefer to spend all my time buried in blankets on the sofa writing. And if you swing by my tiny apartment on an average everyday afternoon, you’ll find that I’m also a girl with a passion for dark chocolate and skiing and sunsets. For finding beauty in the words of a poem or the heart of a song. For chilling at coffee shops and competing on horseback. For life coaching and heart-to-hearts and being actually, genuinely real. For adoption and adventure and the way that God can create one family from multiple countries and continents.
And if we get the chance to hang out sometime, we’ll settle down in a coffee shop (or on a hike…or at the beach…or in a foreign country) and trade tales.
We’ll share what we’ve learned on this crazy journey called life. How God’s worked in the expected and unexpected.
Because, at the end of the day, you know what?
We are both loved by Jesus.
That’s who we are.
That’s how we answer, “Who am I?”
And that means your life is a story worth telling, an adventure worth living, and a journey worth everything you will give to it.
The Road to Brave 