Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
When I was a student at Texas A&M, I took pride in my schedule. I would go to class, my on-campus job, late night organization meetings, and then head back to my dorm for homework. I’d get a few hours of sleep and then do it all over again the next day. I was so […]
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In The Restoration Project series, I’m sharing my story of how I’m moving from hurt to restoration. The first piece was naming my hurt, the second piece was feeling fully known, and this is the third and final piece of the series. Just the other day, the girls and I were baking Christmas cookies, which […]
In The Restoration Project series, I’m sharing my story of how I’m moving from hurt to restoration. If you missed the first post about naming the hurt, you can find it here. When my girls were toddlers, we went to Target… that place you go to get a few items like toilet bowl cleaner, but […]
I was so intimidated at first. Jess was beautiful, incredibly smart, musically talented, swam on the high school swim team, and loved Jesus… blergh. Would she ever want to be friends with someone like me: gawky, goofy, and just smart enough? And Jess is just one example. I have compared myself to others for as […]
Over the next few posts, I’m going to walk you through how I’ve come from a place of hurt to a place of restoration. Care to join me? Read on. In 2nd grade, a little boy showed me that he liked me by doing the most unusual thing: he stabbed me in the knee with […]
This is a prayer for all of us who will invite others into our homes during the holiday season. We will prepare meals, answer the door when the bell rings, and scramble with extra responsibilities. And though we have generous hearts, we remember that we have finite hours. This prayer is for the party planner. […]
Back in the day when I had a full-time job away from the house and two small children, I would get a little irritated (maybe jealous?) of all those people who seemed to be able to rest. They slept in on Saturday mornings. They went on vacation. They drank coffee in a coffee shop. It all […]
This year has been the year of opting out. Here is my story of why I opted out, how I did it, and the fallout from letting go of what was never mine to hold. In 2016, I opted out of a job, a rigorous workout schedule, being a room mom twice over, and taking kids […]
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