Stepping into faith isn’t always easy, is it?
Many times, I question whether the “nudge” I’m feeling is from my human side or truly from God.
When God placed it on my heart to start this company, there was absolutely no doubt what the message was. It was clear.
But stepping into that journey with faith… that was a different story.
For those who don’t know my backstory, let me share a little more.
In 2017, I was in a life-altering motorcycle accident. Then in 2019, I began experiencing breathing difficulties that continued to worsen. In 2021, I finally received the correct diagnosis: tracheal stenosis—a narrowing of my trachea.
In 2022, I underwent nine procedures/surgeries. Ultimately, I had a tracheal resection. Unfortunately, it didn’t go as planned. I woke up in the ICU with a tracheotomy, breathing through a tube in my neck.
When I woke up, I was angry at God.
One night around 2 a.m. in the ICU, listening to the Bible on audio, I was praying and asking Him why everything had gone so wrong. And in that moment, He placed something on my heart, to start a medically adaptive clothing line.
A clothing line that could provide others with the same sense of emotional comfort I felt when I put on my own pajamas each morning, which was a daily ritual for me.
This is where stepping into faith got hard.
I questioned the mission.
I questioned my complete lack of experience in this space.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV): "For we live by faith, not by sight."
And walking away from a financially secure, successful career to start something entirely new? That was scary.
But I did it.
It hasn’t been easy. I’ve prayed constantly for clarity, questioning if I heard Him right… and honestly, I still do.
After two years of pouring everything into this—developing a luxury, medically adaptive women’s pajama line, securing manufacturing, investing significant financial resources—I launched pre-orders and a crowdfunding campaign.
Putting it all out there.
Stepping into faith.
And it’s been hard. Really hard.
I’ve always been someone who provided for myself. I’ve never had to rely on others. Maybe this is the lesson?
But to bring this to life, to truly get it across the finish line, I needed help.
And right now, the crowdfunding hasn’t taken off the way I had hoped.
So here I am again… asking for clarity.
Asking what I’m supposed to learn from this.
I’m still faithfully following.
But I also know that at some point, I may need to discern whether the lesson has been received or if I’m meant to shift direction.
Stepping into faith isn’t easy.
But I will continue to pray for clarity… and remain a steward of the mission He placed on my heart, until I feel, with peace, that the mission has changed.
I continue to lean into Proverbs,
Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV): "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
Stepping into faith isn’t easy, but sometimes, just taking the step is the very thing God is calling us to do.
With love, Cindy
