My full name literally means "God is gracious to bring the victory to this mighty warrior." Whew, where to begin to tell you how that's been true of me? Born as the youngest of 11 in a homeschooling family, I was born again through faith in Jesus Christ at age 7. Ever since my Savior has been showing me day by day how to give Him Lordship, as you'll probably read in my posts.

Creative writing has long been an enjoyable past time for me. Often childhood days would find me scribbling down a dramatic opening scene of a story that I would ultimately leave unfinished. I still enjoyed it. I wondered where writing could take me. The idea of being published one day or getting to speak at conferences floated in the back of my mind, but when I graduated highschool, I didn't have any particular passion that I felt God was giving me or a particular open door where He wanted me, so I held off on college and pursued other things. Besides, writing looked like an unsteady career.

Then in January 2021 I was quarantined in the guest room in my parents' basement with my computer. That was when my first YouTube video was created. Then soon after, this website with a blog.

Starting a job and switching to full-time just under a year later, my writing time dwindled, and I wasn't seeing any results from my sporadic posts. But my dad was one of my consistent readers and gave me his feedback, exhorting me onward. Then I discovered The Author's Conservatory and their Crazy Writing Week challenge; and with that I stepped into an exciting world of young Christian authors and bloggers who started young and stuck with it. They've gone on to amazing places, starting from where I am now at.

At the moment, I have the @happybelovedpig1669 YouTube channel (that will have more of my personal content) and I also have begun a new venture with White Stone @SurrenderedToChrist as a YouTube missionary. Outside of my own platforms, one of my poems has been published on a major teen website, The Rebelution. And in July 2023 I was given the opportunity to speak to women at the Faithcamp/DTC Conference about what the Lord has taught me about failures and the Gospel. God continues to put His daughter into service and I am humbled.

I don't know for certain where God will take me and writing for His glory, but the Author of my salvation is who I want writing my story, with every plot twist He designs to bring this character through. This candle was lit by the Lord for a lampstand, not the underside of a basket, and I want to prove faithful to burn for Christ.

If you ever want to contact me, feel free! It's pretty simple: happybelovedpig@gmail.com

What an odd name for a YouTube channel and blog, but, I don't know, maybe it was her favorite stuffed animal.... Well, if you have ever read Sydney & Norman: The Tale of Two Pigs by Phil Vischer you'd understand. Two pigs. In business suits. One self-righteous and practically perfect in every way, looking down on others; and the other one knowing his faults all too well, sometimes finding it hard to get up in the morning. One day they both individually get invited to God's house. God had something to say to them.

The prideful “perfect” pig named Norman is talking with God and is thinking high and mighty thoughts of his own goodness and being called into a private meeting with God.

God tells him, “First of all… I love you.” Norman smiled, though he wasn’t surprised. “Secondly, your goodness is not the reason I love you.” Norman startled a little. What a curious thing for God to say. “Thirdly,” God continued, “you’re not as good as you have led yourself to believe. You’re prideful. You’re selfish. You look down on others, simply because things don’t come as easily for them.” God looked a little sad now. “I love them just as much as I love you. Don’t look down on those I love.”

Then the little failure pig was next. Poor Sidney only felt impending doom, like getting called to the principal's office. Maybe if he tried really hard to look really good.... But then God's message was not what this little pig was expecting at all. God had told him He loved him. As the little pig darted home, thoughts racing, he thought maybe he'd done it, he'd fooled God and looked good when it was most important. But the reflection in a shop window of messy hair and crooked tie with a toothpaste stain struck down that thought.

"...That couldn't be it. He couldn't have fooled anybody--not looking like that. Sidney was confused. There was only one other possibility--that God...just...loved him. Exactly as he was. Messes and all. Sidney felt the warmth he had seen in God's eyes welling up inside him again. Others on the street would later talk about the small, messy pig that they saw that day that appeared to be, well, glowing. All the way home Sidney looked for words to tell everyone what he was feeling, but all he found were tears. Happy tears. Lots of them."

It greatly impacted me. Especially as one who errs between the two pigs--"good," but often, honestly, left feeling broken. I am a happy beloved pig too: "...the small, messy pig...that appeared to be...glowing.... Happy tears. Lots of them." I want my works to similarly touch people's lives, that they may see the love the Father bestows on His children.

And that's the brief story of how my Happy Beloved Pig got it's name.