Behind Brown Eyes

My name is Katrina Joy Styles. I love my name and always have. Amidst the thousands of things I’ve grown to hate, worked through, ignored, or gotten over about myself…I still love my name.

I’m the 3rd of 4 children; two boys followed by two girls. If you know me, it explains a lot. If you know my family, it explains even more.

I’m terribly grateful that I grew up in the Midwest where family, home, respect, love, laughter, honor, and adventure were included in the Important Things In Life list. I’m ridiculously sentimental and hopelessly romantic. That being said, I use the word ‘ridiculously’ way to often and have discovered that I am the most confusing person I know. I feel very definite about a huge majority of things – many of which seem to contradict each other. I love to be alone as much as I thrive in a crowd.

I’m fiercely loyal. I’m willing to stand for what I believe, even when that requires standing alone.

I’ve stood alone.

I dream. I hope I never stop dreaming. My hero’s are those who dream big. I am always more apt to respect and follow a person who has risen out of failure rather than one who shows perfection. I cannot relate to perfect. I want to always rise when I fall.

The biggest dream in my heart is to learn to love well.  I want to love Him well. I want to love you well. I’ve found that love sometimes reveals itself in ways that looks very much like something else.

Does anyone else feel like this resembles Baz Luhrmann’s late 90′s version of Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)?

Amen; Let’s stand.