“And I’m over here worried about all this other stuff when I could be devoting my life to God and helping out other people on a much bigger platform than what my granddad did it on.”
“When I went to therapy, I had this assignment to write a letter to my parents. And I went to put the pen to paper, and girl, I could not stop ugly crying, weeping crying.”
"But ultimately, I just know I pray and ask God to put on my heart whatever He wants me to put out to other people, what message He wants me to spread, and that's how He guides me through that."
"And for those of us lucky enough to have a relationship, we look — even a lot lately — you think, 'Ah, if that guy just talked to God every morning, his point of view might be less angry, less sad, less whatever.' And it’s a heartbreaker to me."
“All in all, it was just such an incredible opportunity to grow together, to learn how to communicate better together, and to see some of God’s amazing creation, and the beauty and different cultures.”
The platform noted that “the vast majority of teens do not try to search for suicide and self-harm content on Instagram, and when they do, our policy is to block these searches, instead directing them to resources and helplines that can offer support.”
“I was surprised by how sincere and sweet the first scene was between Megan and me, when my character, Hope, drops her daughter off at college…It made me far more emotional than I expected.”