Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
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. […]
“Aren’t we all this tired?” my friend asked. This gorgeous, fabulously-accomplished friend of mine works full-time, has children playing elite sports, and volunteers at school, church, and in her community… and she’s tired. Her question got me thinking: Is this level of tiredness normal and to be accepted? Or is there more going on here? […]
You are a daughter of the Heavenly Father, who has children of her own, and you often feel frustrated and overwhelmed by all the ways you’re messing up. Here are five truths you need to know today about you, “Good Mom,” and God’s grace. While I do not presume to be God, I do know […]
A dear friend asked me recently, “What does one do when she realizes that she’s a Martha who really needs to be more of a Mary BUT the world she’s carefully shaped and molded around her, full of high standards and expectations of achievement, requires her to be a Martha?” Her question acknowledged that, while […]
If you were sick, I’d bring you soup, but if I was sick, I wouldn’t ask you for anything. If your husband is traveling and you have the kids to yourself, I’d tell you I understand how hard it is and encourage you, but if I were in the same situation, I’d tell myself to […]
Another Achiever is Going Rogue! Here’s the story of author Katie Orr, who is the creator of the five FOCUSed15 Bible study method books. Here’s what I love about Katie: she’s passionate about equipping busy women to experience God daily. She’s a mom of three, wife of pastor-husband Chris, teacher, speaker, podcaster and writer for […]
The year was 1994. I was a college freshman, and I had a thought while sitting bored in my dorm: Does my pepper spray really work? So I pressed the lever… and the spray quickly filled the room, entered the ventilation system, and invaded the rooms of every girl on the 2nd floor. And because […]
This is the second post in a three-part series about discouragement. I’m taking you on my journey of how I’ve moved past finding my worth in my work, and what the gift of discouragement can teach us. I was livid. Halfway through my sophomore year at Texas A&M, I was earning a B in English. […]