Today we’d like to introduce you to April Crump.
Thanks for sharing your story with us April. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I’ve always wanted to help and encourage people, especially woman, and young girls, in some way. Fashion has been an outlet for that for quite some time now. When you feel good about yourself and pretty in what your wearing, it helps fight against the insecurities and comparing yourself to others. My whole life I’ve either been bullied, abused on some level or I’ve been insecure and acted out in that insecurity. Leading me to feel like I don’t belong. After talking to so many different women, I’ve realized this is something common in us all. Over the past seven years, I’ve thought about starting a blog, with a desire to speak and help a woman with my story. I’ve allowed fear and comparison to keep me from starting one. After losing our son two years ago to trisomy 18, I decided I couldn’t be quiet any longer. I need to use my voice, my words, my up’s and down’s for good. I started sharing bits and pieces on Instagram after I married my husband, Chris Crump, but it just hasn’t been enough. My heart knew I needed to do more. After much seesawing with my fears, I’ve finally made my blog, Lookincrump! My hope is to share my story and passions. I’m ready to open up the chapters of my life with the desire of helping someone in their story. In doing this, I can share my passion for Jesus, fashion, beauty and so much more. I’m really just beginning this journey, and I’m so thankful that my biggest encourager is my husband. He is a force behind believing that I can do this. I believe we all have an amazing story to share, and I’m sharing mine through fashion, lifestyle, and writing!
Has it been a smooth road?
A huge struggle for me has been, I compare and I over analyze myself to all the other bloggers out in the world, living the life I want to live. I make all these assumptions without knowing what they did to get where they are at. I’ve also talked myself out of my dream of blogging one too many times, because of my assumptions. I’ve struggled with the lie that my dreams don’t matter and it’s not meant to be for me. Right now, I’m facing my fears that are attached to my dream of blogging and being used to help people. The fears that too many people are already doing this. The fears that I’m awkward and annoying. The loudest fear is that the ones I love won’t support me and believe in me. This one gets in my way more than any other. These fears, plus the other 1000 of thoughts, due to anxiety, have held me back from doing something I believe I’m supposed to do. Anxiety, over thinking, comparison will steal your worth and your vision if you let it. It’s kept me from putting myself out there for a really long time. If you are facing fears in doing what your dreams are, know that they matter! They are important and the world needs your voice and vision! Surround yourself with people who will speak life into you. People who believe in you more then you believe in yourself. Have someone hold you accountable to the goals you set for yourself, and don’t beat yourself up if you miss one. As Dr. Seuss says, “Today, you are you, that is truer than true. There is no-one alive who is youer than you!”
Please tell us more about your work, what you are currently focused on and most proud of.
My day job, that I absolutely love, is an Executive Assistant at an amazing company here in Houston. Fashion and blogging is something that I am doing on the side with the desire that it will turn into something more. I absolutely love fashion and anything beauty inspired! I’m all about the affordable in the fashion world, and I plan to share all that I find! I’m also a sucker for a makeover on someone! I would actually love to be a personal shopper for people! Maybe one day, I can have my own boutique and then I can do this! My friends would tell you that my closet already is their boutique. I have a tendency to give away bags of clothes to them. It makes my heart so happy when I can do this! On the blogging side, I want to be real with readers and with people that I speak to. I want to be transparent with what life has been like for me in everything I share. I beleive with all my heart that to help people, being real and honest is the way to help. There are so many filters with all the ways we share life now, and I feel we have lost the real factor. I’m hoping that as I become part of the influencer world, I will be true to doing this. When asked, what sets me apart from others, I really don’t know. I want all of these things to set me apart, but what I really want to show is my Faith and my love for God and people.
Are there any apps, books, podcasts or other resources that you’ve benefited from using?
I love reading Harry Potter books and other fantasy books. The books that help me in life have been: the Bible, books by my favorite author, Francine Rivers, Lisa Bevere books, Bob Goth – Everybody Always, and devotionals
Contact Info:
- Website: www.lookincrump.com
- Email: acrump2015@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lookincrump/
Image Credit:
Jason Joy, Mandy Mooring, Chris Crump
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