Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
The new year brings new inspiration, and I get super excited about trying new things: I want to diversify my work-ous, leave behind the sarcasm and pick up more laughter, develop new products for my online store, and dive deeper into understanding the Enneagram. That’s when the lies start bouncing around in my head. Your […]
You’ve got a vision for this next year: you want to look more and more like Christ. So if you’re ready to shed all that entangles you so you can run the race God has set before you, these picked-just-for-you podcast episodes will be immensely helpful. The Lazy Genius: Episode: #87 The Lazy Genius Guide […]
You feel the push and pull of the holidays: the errands, the buying, the too-tight pants, the traveling, the expectations, and All The Things. Feeling stressed, tired, and a bit worn out from all the celebrating has stolen your love for the holidays. You want to make the holiday season memorable AND you want to […]
Sweet reader friends, I don’t allow just anyone the keys to the blog, but in my friend Lea Turner, you’ll find someone kind, trustworthy, and wired just like you. Lea and her husband are raising five children in Mississippi so if she knows what it’s like to have a house that’s more loud than quiet […]
I’m loyal by nature. I never wavered from my first-grade decision to attend Texas A&M, now my alma mater. I’ve had the same best friend for 20 years and the same husband for 19. This try hard girl is in it for the long haul, y’all. But my loyalty has its downfall—I’ve lived with one […]
While training for a half-marathon several years ago, nothing—neither hell nor high water—could prevent me from accomplishing my goal. I ran at 5 a.m. in below-freezing temperatures. I ran when my health was not great. I ran when my feet ached and screamed, “Please don’t make us put on those shoes!” For me, goal-achievement reigns […]
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 […]
I’m not a fan of voluntarily scaring myself. You won’t see me on a tall rollercoaster or inside a Haunted House, and I haven’t seen a horror film since the Blair Witch Project released in 1999, which still gives me the shivers. And even though I don’t voluntarily scare myself, I invite fear to invade my […]
I thought that I’d left Perfectionist Jill behind and that her ways didn’t affect me anymore, but I was wrong. Perfectionist Jill recently made an appearance during a visit to Board+Brush, a place where you make your own wooden decor. My friends and I were to paint stencils on our signs, which sounds simple until […]
After I bought Groupon tickets for our family to see Odd Squad Live, trouble set in. The tickets were for the right show, but they were in the wrong city… a city five hours away. This was a costly mistake. I panicked. My stomach turned into knots. I called Groupon for a refund, but they […]