Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
Y’all… another try-hard girl dispenses common-sense grace! I’m so excited to share my sweet friend Katie M. Reid with you because she encourages us to find grace in the unraveling of life. She’s a wife, mom to five loud children, and a fan of cut-to-the-chase conversations over iced tea. She is also a national speaker […]
I can count the number of times that I’ve asked for help outright on one hand, and each time involves people bringing me food after a hospital stay. I’m willing to receive a meal after a major life event, but after that? Back off, sister. I can handle my life on my own, thank you […]
I have a friend who homeschools her four kids, runs a blog and a podcast, has regular girls’ nights out, hosts a small group, and is an encouragement to everyone she meets. Her capacity seems so much bigger than mine. I feel the tension between a world shouting that doing more makes me more valuable and […]
Right now, we’re being inundated by messages like, “New year, new you,” “Make this year count,” and “Plan your best year ever.” Part of me relishes these challenges—this is the year I can do better, be more, and come into my own! But another part of me shrinks back. It sounds so hard, not because […]
In the aftermath of my pancreatitis, my physician tells me something shocking. While my pain was onset by a common virus, the majority of cases are caused by alcohol abuse. The women he sees in his practice, women in my community, typically get it from drinking bottles of wine a day… bottles. My heart breaks. […]
Our youngest daughter named the stuffed bear Beary when she saw him in that Durango boutique. She begged for him and cried when we left the store without him. She sadly whispered “Beary…” as we walked away, but there was one thing she didn’t know. I had gone back and bought Beary for her as […]
Today, the girls and I went to the grocery store, which would be easy to view as an innocent errand… but that would be an incorrect assumption. The girls fought about who would steer the cart, who would pick out the fruit, who would put the sticker on the fruit, and who would put the […]
I may be the only mom to say this, but I hate summer. Don’t get me wrong, I like the laziness of it, but overall, it really stresses me out. Two very intense and demanding girls, girls who I love whole-heartedly, are with me all the time. Wanting something. Asking to do something. Needing me. […]
I seek approval in so many ways: in likes, shares, comments; in how often I’m asked to lunch; in whether the jeans fit and are in style. Oh, so many ways. But here is what I know: I must lift my head from the screen and the schedule and the scale and turn to look […]
Our past is a tricky thing: while it shapes us, it cannot fully define us. Our past may be full of beautiful memories as well as sins that sicken us. I do not presume to be God, but His Word is clear on shame, guilt, freedom, life, and His never-running-out love for us. This is […]
