Everyone meet Pilar Wheatley aka my Pathway.
The hardest thing about change is being uncomfortable, embracing the inevitable failure, and being separated from the people you thought would be closest to you in your time of need. What if I told you, real change doesn't come from you.. which is why most people don't. Change is your willingness to go through this painful ass process repeatedly until God works out of you what the world gave you and places into you what he created you for. My biggest mistake was thinking, I could change me. I tried for decades to grow into this woman you see before you and fail drastically. When I realized that my only job was to submit to God and allow Him to do what he willed for me.
I couldn't lose.
This doesn't mean it comes without work on your part, it simply means that in all that you do - your trust, your faith, and your heart posture remain grounded in God - not you.
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Happy 5-year anniversary, @jonbatiste !!!
Right before I got this job, I prayed, “God, if this is not what You want me to do, make it clear.” I was fully prepared to go back to hotels and lay acting down.
But God is funny. Every time I get tired, every time I feel ready to give up because His timing never looks like my timing, He sends a whisper — a gig, a person, a play — just to remind me, “Shauna, I am still with you… keep going.”
I say all that to say: it may never look like what you expected or happen the way you wanted, but practice surrendering every request and every thought to His will, and watch what God does with it. He is still blowing my mind.
“I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:12–13 ESV
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Happy Birthday, Roya Goya — my Lazarus, my Michael Scott to my Dwight Schrute!
I just wanted to tell you how much of an honor it’s been to have you as my big sister. I’ve been obsessed with you since we were kids. We had so many ups and downs — we were young and fought like humans whose brains weren’t fully formed — but through it all, one thing was always constant: I knew you loved me, and I loved you.
From cut Guess jeans to punching people in the face (lol), you’ve always been beautifully strong. I’ve admired your silent strength in everything you do. You’re resilient, talented, and I can’t wait to keep watching God unwrap you in the most gorgeous, timely way.
You may be older, but you still look sixteen to me. No matter what life brings, nothing could ever break us — that’s been proven. We’ve already lost so much along the way, and I never want to waste the gift of time I have to breathe the same air as your sister.
I love you so much — more than any deed, word, or work could ever express.
Now, turn down the shades, take the phone off the hook, and carve up some ***>€£… you know the rest, lol!
Love always,
Your Grasshopper (aka thanks for still calling me Pookie) ❤️
Goodnight Faye 🌙
My God, my God! Faye was the perfect finish to a trying and pruning three years.
First time leading a play.
First time where my role had nothing to do with looks—only character.
And an ALL BLACK PLAY. (Sidenote: 4 cast members…don’t let that go over your head 👀)
It felt like working with my sister & my two very lovely—but also annoying—brothers 😂 (lol Thaddeus jkjk).
This play had all the makings of struggle and triumph. Our entire stage crew caught COVID, which meant we not only had to perform, but we had to gorilla-theater the whole show—set transitions, problem solving, thinking on our feet. & we did it. BUT not without Madeline freakin’ Dore @madeleinerosedore and her awesome boothang stepping in and saving the day—Thank you for holding it down when everything could’ve fallen apart. 🙌
It was like when God finally gives you what you prayed for, but it comes wrapped in trials and tests:
“Consider it pure joy…when you face trials of many kinds, because the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” (James 1:2–3)
We had to put ourselves aside, focus on each other, and carry both life and greatness at the same time. Simply family. 💛 My family actually drove over 3 hours just to see me live out loud, MY HEART exploded when I saw them fill the audience. 🥹😭
We were led by the one & ONLY FORCE—name twin—the incredibly talented, thoughtful, coolest woman on the block: @chudeauco Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy. Wisdom & beauty wrapped in a mason jar because she felt like home. She didn’t give us fairy tales—she gave us truth, and she gave us time. And that grew me in ways I’ll always cherish.
Whenever you operate in purpose, the devil will always show up with mess:
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8)
But here’s the key—you have to be devourable. If you keep your eyes on the Lord and lead with love first, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) ✨
✨ Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morriseau
Directed by the simply wonderful Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy
Good Afternoon, Countess.
Sprained ankle, birthday performance, drama on every side.
Second-to-last play of senior year—
and for the first time,
I wanted to quit.
But I didn’t.
Because this is what life looks like when God has me in transition.
Right before the breakthrough, I always feel broken.
Crying.
Asking, “God, where are You? Why did You let me land here?”
But here’s the truth:
God makes your purpose bigger than you.
Too heavy for you to lift.
Too wide for you to carry.
So you’ll lean—
not on yourself—
but on Him.
If it hadn’t been for prayer,
for the Word,
for Saint @sainttisdale my four
I would’ve quit school before graduation.
I would’ve repeated the same cycle that once chained me down.
See, I’ve been known to start things and not finish them.
But God whispers:
“I made you. I will carry you. I will sustain you. I will rescue you” (Isaiah 46:4).
And again He promises:
“The work I started in you—I will finish it” (Philippians 1:6).
God called me to Stella.
God called me to acting.
So why would I let something as small as drama,
as sharp as hardship,
or as limited as my own logic
stop me from letting Him see me through?
In the end, All’s Well That Ends Well really did end well—
because I finished.
And I reset my eyes on the goal.
On wisdom.
On the lesson.
Not the problem.
Not the shortcut.
So remember this:
If you could’ve done it on your own—
it would’ve been done already.
Maybe the reason the dream isn’t fulfilled yet
is because you haven’t laid it at His feet first,
to ask if He was the one who called you there.
All’s Well That Ends Well.
By William Shakespeare.
Directed by Kern McFadden.
Good Morning Joanne
First play of my senior year at Stella! Out of the three plays I did, this one was my favorite. Funny thing is—I only had about three scenes or so. But those three scenes taught me everything. I got to work alongside people with incredible work ethic and deep respect for teamwork. Life is teamwork. If you think otherwise, you’re mistaken—no one is meant to do it alone.
Joanne taught me not to think small. She showed me that even three scenes, one line, one moment can shift the entire story. Value everything. God works in my life the same way—He often gives me small beginnings and then watches how I steward them.
In this play, I had the joy of being directed by the brilliant Beth Anne Leone. She’s incredibly petite, yet she carries the presence of someone 20 feet tall. Her patience, her unmatched eye for detail—she turned a simple school theater into something miraculous. Her words and leadership left a mark on me forever. She reminded me that my gifts are powerful, one of a kind, and never meant to be duplicated—or smothered by me. 🙌🏽.
Team (meaning you who are reading) — you are unmatched. The Lord made each of us divinely different. Never shrink yourself to fit in or chase a trend. Take up the space God orchestrated for you. As for me, I never want to be anywhere God didn’t send me.
Still Life by Alexander Dinelst
People keep asking if I’m back and I haven’t really had an answer. But now yeah! I’m thinking I’m back!
- John Wick
Entire Life styled by the legendary Trintage! @trintage
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