Roots & Wings

What happens after the thing you’ve been praying for starts becoming real? On Day 54 of making CHOSEN, we’re officially greenlit with more than $12,000 raised. Now come the audition tapes, production meetings, endless details, and the reality of making a film while still working, writing, running businesses, and living a whole life. Somewhere in the overwhelm, I keep reminding myself: this is what I prayed for.

Writers spend an extraordinary amount of time inhabiting places that don't exist. Before a reader encounters a setting on the page, we've already walked through it hundreds of times. Walking into the house where we'll film Chosen, I realized I wasn't discovering a location. I was finally meeting a place I'd been carrying in my imagination for months.

Thirteen years of marriage is symbolized by lace—a material known for its intricate beauty, and the kind of care it takes to last. And maybe that’s what makes this season feel so significant: I’ve learned that the same patience, creativity, and faith it takes to nurture a relationship… is what it takes to nurture a dream.