There are days when we shine—when our presence feels seen, valued, and full of light. Yet then there are other days… days when it feels like we’ve faded into the background, quietly doing, quietly giving, quietly carrying the weight of it all. Like a shadow—attached, but unseen.
Today, I want to sit with that feeling — not because it’s easy, but because it’s honest.
When I feel like a shadow—of who I once was, of the bold woman I aspire to be—I often ask myself: What would Lillie say to me?
I can almost hear her voice, steady and sure, with that calm clarity that never needed to shout to be heard. She’d say something like:
“Don’t let the weight of what you carry make you forget who you are. You are not the shadow. You are the light that casts it.”
She’d remind me to guard my spirit—not just from the world, but from the dangerous whispers that come from within: You’re not enough. You’ve missed your moment. You don’t matter as much as they do.
No, Mama would never let me rest in that. She’d say that our spiritual health depends on vigilance—the kind that keeps our identity rooted in truth, not in fleeting recognition or outward approval.
“You’re not forgotten,” she’d tell me. “You’re in a season . . . and seasons shift.”
She taught me to nurture my light even when others don’t notice it. To go to God when I feel invisible. To take walks. To breathe deeply. To speak kindness over myself. To return to the Word. To return to the truth.
And here is that truth: You were never meant to live in the shadows.
Even when you feel like your purpose has been paused or your presence overlooked, your light is still here. It’s in the way you show up. The love you give. The prayers you pray. The wisdom you carry. You may feel hidden—but you are never absent from God’s gaze.
So today, this is for all of us who have been shrinking to fit into the small corners where others placed us—or where we placed ourselves.
Step into the light again.
Your spirit deserves room to breathe, to rest, to rise.
Like Lillie always said:
“The Lord didn’t raise you to play small.”
In love and charity,
Giselle (aka) Blooming-lillie