My name is Hannah and this is the Real Me.

Social media has changed our society, changed the way we live, and changed our relationships.  With social media, I can be whoever I want.  I can make YOU believe that whatever I put out there on the World Wide Web, that is who I am.

If you were to look at my facebook, my life would come across as:

• She must have the BEST relationship with her family. They seem to always be full of laughter and fun!
• She has to read the bible everyday, that's why she post bible verses all the time.
• She sits around and watch funny youtube video's all day so she can post them on Facebook.
• She is constantly doing ridiculous things in my everyday life.  
• Her stomach hurts ALL the time!
• She LOVES Charleston, SC!

Now, if you were to look at my Pinterest boards you would think:

• She must cook ALL the time!
• She has to be pretty crafty.
• I'm sure she can paint, she post artwork all the time.
• She really must like to read.
• I'm sure she reads the bible a lot.
• She must be a very thrifty shopper.
• She is very stylish.

Let me begin by saying this; yes, all of those assumptions that you could make from my social media outlets are true to an extent but my life is far from what I can make facebook and pinterest look like.  

Here is a list of the misconceptions of my social media pages:

• While I do love my family very, very much...it is not roses as my facebook would claim.  We fight, we argue, we bicker.   I get on my parents nerves and boy do they get on mine some days.  
• I do not read the bible all the time.  This is something that I have always struggled with in my faith walk.  I think it is crucial to spend time in the Word everyday but this has always been a struggle to me.
• While some of my post looks like my life is a "walking mess" all the time, I can promise you that I do have it together...sometimes.
• While I do love cooking, I sometimes do hate it.  With my restricted diet, I get frustrated easily and it can take all the fun out of it.
• I am NOT crafty what-so-ever.
• I like to think I am artsy.
• My name and "thrifty" should never be in the same sentence.
• Stylish? pshh...
• Unless it is a really, really, REALLY good book...reading is the last thing I want to do.

I am blogging about this because I want you to know me.  The real me.  I am a flawed, sinful human who's life is not all together as facebook may portray it as.  I want you to relate to me.  I want you to see my flaws and imperfections.  I want you to understand that while I do live a life to try and glorify God in everything I do, I fail miserably.  I want you to understand that my purpose of this blog is to relate to ALL people.  I want my testimony to reach every kind of person.  Because if I am going to be the "real me" I can promise you that I can relate to a liar, thief, someone is sexual sin, a girl who had a baby at 15, someone who dropped out of high school, someone who has been bullied, children from a broken home, and even people who don't know God.  This does not mean that I experienced all those things but I can relate to YOU.  You know why? Because I am human just like you. I want to take myself from behind my computer screen and into your life.  God has put me on this earth to love and share His love.  I can't do that if I live a facebook or pinterest life.  My faith walk can be a bumpy road but because of God's love and grace, He will NEVER make me take that bumpy road alone.  So by His example, I want you to know that no matter what, I will extend love and grace to whoever crosses my path.  Without the cross and the blood that was shed, my story would mean nothing.  I need His grace to wash over me daily.  I can't hide my sins and flaws from God through social media and I don't want to hide them from you. I feel like I would be defeating my purpose and God's purpose for me. 

My name is Hannah and this is the REAL me.