In Her Hands: An Offering in Motion
Me, holding the prototype of the affirmation deck
This was the day I received it in the mail.
In Her Hands: An Offering in Motion
While the deck is still in its pre-order stage—and the shipment is on its way to me—I’ve been sharing the prototype.
I share it with the women in my circles…
and sometimes with women I meet in community, in passing, in conversation.
It has been a surreal experience to watch something that lived as an idea just a year ago…
now resting in the hands of the very women it was created for.
In Monique’s hands…
“It was the card I needed today.”
The Moment
In the In Her Hands series I’ve been sharing on social media,
I invite each woman to pull a card.
She holds the deck.
She chooses.
She reads.
And I witness her reaction in real time.
At first, I only took photos—
because I was fully in the moment.
Going forward, I may capture more video…
but I want to be mindful.
Because what matters most is that the moment remains real.
Unscripted.
Unperformed.
True.
In Erica’s hands…
“I needed this reminder.”
What I Didn’t Expect
What I didn’t expect…
is how deeply the cards would resonate not only with them—
but with me.
Again and again, the card pulled seems to speak in two directions.
To the woman holding it…
and back to me.
In DeAnna’s hands…
“I got the message I needed.”
The Reflections
When Monique pulled Visibility,
she shared how it touched something she was navigating in her own life.
At the same time, I was sitting with my own discomfort in being seen.
When another woman pulled Anxiety,
it met her where she was—
and met me there too.
I’ve been feeling the tension of stepping into something new…
and yet something familiar.
I am a serial solopreneur.
A creative.
A woman who follows her ideas and her instincts.
My path has never been linear.
And still—
I believe the zigzag path of my life has been the right one.
Even so…
I feel anxious sometimes.
Then there was Intuition.
When Dee pulled that card and exclaimed, “YAS!”
it felt like confirmation.
A reminder to trust what I already know:
That when I follow my instincts,
I am not led wrong.
And then… Jo.
She pulled Spiritual Sovereignty.
She smiled and said she knew it would be perfect
just by reading the title.
And she was right.
In Jo’s hands…
“It was perfect for me.”
A Personal Truth
This card is one of my favorites.
Because my relationship with God…
with the Divine…
has never been conventional.
Even as a child, I questioned what didn’t feel true.
I remember being in a brief season in the Pentecostal church
and challenging the idea that my mother couldn’t wear jewelry or pants.
Something in me always knew…
that devotion did not have to look like restriction.
Years later, I created Selah Magazine.
It was a beautiful offering—
born from my love of God
and my desire to honor the women whose faith carried them through life.
But at the time,
I didn’t yet have the spiritual sovereignty I hold now.
I didn’t yet trust myself fully.
And so…
I let it go.
The name.
The domain.
The energy.
I released it back into the world.
Selah Magazine was the first business I birthed.
Selah Magazine website screenshot
Coming Full Circle
It’s funny…
even now, I sometimes catch myself saying Selah
when I mean Bloom & Blaze.
And I’ve realized—
the mission was always the same.
Only the philosophy has evolved.
Now I know:
I do not need permission to be sacred.
I can gather my practices from different places.
I can root myself in devotion in a way that is true to me.
I walk with God beside me…
and the voice of truth within me.
And for that—
I cannot be led wrong.
The Offering
So I will continue.
I will continue to place the deck in women’s hands.
I will continue to witness what unfolds.
I will continue to share what resonates.
It is my prayer
that every woman who needs these messages receives them.
That whatever barriers exist…
are gently lifted.
That this offering finds its way
exactly where it is meant to go.
Closing
This is not just a product.
This is an offering.
And it is already in motion.