Lesson #1 – Learn to take care of yourself. As women we are often brought up to think of everyone else first, and then we get our own leftovers. It’s lady-like to be self-effacing, self-sacrificial – heck we even think it’s biblical although I can’t think of a single verse that says take care of … Continue reading NUMBER ONE: yes, it’s about you
It’s happened again and again. I wake up and it’s bittersweet, because I wake up to a reality that I love but at the same time the dream was so precious and part of me wants to linger there a while longer. I constantly dream of community. Being surrounded by people. Being part of a … Continue reading Seeking my tribe
I was always a very obedient young child. I asked for permission. I listened to my parents. I mostly did as I was told. When you grow up as a pastor’s kid and a missionary kid you learn very quickly that people are watching and you will be doubly judged for your misdeeds – once … Continue reading Waiting for permission
We had a long overdue heart to heart. The Giver and I. It boiled down – as it usually does – to trust. You see my Creator and I had not been seeing eye to eye. But I had finally come to the point of acknowledging: What you are uncovering in me is worth discovering. What … Continue reading When I doubt the Giver
What is beauty and how does the human soul recognize it? And why are we naturally drawn to it? Is it true that beauty is subjective or is there also a universal standard, a beauty that is recognized in every country and by every human…or at least all those who can still see beauty? Does … Continue reading The whistling frog
The most underestimated of all the amazing living things that roam this planet are certainly and without a doubt single parents. That’s right. If you are a single mom or dad then YOU are the glue that holds families together, you are the foundation of our societies, you are the hope of our children. You … Continue reading The simply amazing single parent
Love is not seeing how much s*** you can put up with from another human being. We think that if we continually turn the other cheek, look the other way, forgive and allow it to happen again that we are somehow being loving. But here’s the thing: we’re allowing them to get away with bad … Continue reading This isn’t love
I was ambushed. Out of nowhere in particular, the cloud descended and enveloped me today. Suddenly the sunshine, usually so bright, was nowhere to be found. Have you ever had a day like that? Everything is blanketed in gray, heavy mist. And I know in my head that I am surrounded by good and beautiful … Continue reading Fighting through the fog
Perfectionism is a stress monger, a liar and a fun-killer. But it will keep snapping the whip until you send it packing. How can we uproot something that runs so deep? Continue reading The lie from the pit of perfectionist hell
Endlessly looking to be filled by another ends up robbing us of the opportunity to live a full life – looking in, not out – is the key to finding all and more than we need! Continue reading They can’t fill you
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