Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
Ryan and I know what the four of us will do every year for New Year’s Eve. The girls and I will make sugar cookies with clock faces. We’ll all drink orange soda (because Max and Ruby did on Nick Jr.). And Ryan and I’ll go to bed around 11 p.m. This is a good […]
Amid the hustle and bustle I’m living, I yearn to hear songs like Silent Night and Away in a Manger. These songs evoke feelings of peace on earth and mercy mild, quiet and stillness, a baby swaddled and mother holding him tight. Quaint. Sweet. Loving. Safe. Familiar. But this year is different. I’m ready to […]
Do you ever feel fleh? “Fleh” is a completely made-up word in our house used to describe when Ryan or I feel off. We use it when there’s nothing big going on, no major life changes, but there’s a still sadness that’s settled over our souls. Fleh was the best word we could come up with […]
Just a few years ago, I only read the newspaper. All that changed after my counselor asked me to read Grace for the Good Girl by Emily P. Freeman, and I’ve been reading books ever since. Mostly spiritual/religious books, but some memoir and humor thrown in because a girl can only read so many books about […]
Inadequate. Inferior. Discouraged. Lonely. Overstimulated. Covetous. My Facebook friends used these adjectives to describe how social media makes them feel during the holidays. Or, let’s be real, anytime. How can we stay sane as we see perfectly decorated trees, jaw-dropping vacations, and photo-ready families doing all the cool stuff? What’s really happening to our hearts […]
Let me start by saying that I was a liberal arts major and marketing minor. Science ain’t my thing, but there is one scientific law that has practical implications in my right-now life: “An object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced […]
You should know that I’m a bit of a mess. I’m wife to Ryan, mom of two, and a writer + speaker. I love podcasts, books, and sprinkles on just about everything. I’m a try-hard girl who values efficiency, productivity, and performance. I struggle with perfectionism and ascribing my value to how much I achieve. […]
Here’s a try-hard girl dishing out common-sense grace! Interwoven in her story is divorce, cancer, parenting teens, blending families, and fostering children while working outside the home. I love Michele because she’s funny, down-to-earth, and loves Jesus a crazy amount. How did you move away from performing for your worth and toward receiving grace? The […]
By the time we took the girls to Disneyworld in 2012, I had planned that trip for almost a year. I made dining reservations, checked crowd calendars, and had a disturbingly deep knowledge of the FastPass system. Planning this trip made the logistical ninja in me so very, very happy. Then the day of Disney […]
Team McCormick took our annual Christmas card photos last week. The tradition gives me pictorial proof that our girls are growing up, but it also brings to the surface a belief that I hold about myself, one I’d prefer to let go of that’s stuck in my heart… It sheds light on the belief that […]
