What it looks like to unwrap life

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I’ve known you for six months now, but feel like I’ve been your friend forever. That’s one of the things that’s surprised me – how much I just flat out enjoy your company. How you laugh at everything and nothing. That little sigh you give when the gurgles die down. The eyes that watch me [...]

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The miraculous nonsense of how a mother loves

September 14, 2011

Some days I find I love her so hard it actually hurts in my flesh and blood heart; not just in that metaphorical spot where mothers supposedly store their emotions. It hurts and I feel it in all four chambers even if the heart beats on oblivious. I love her in the dark wee hours [...]

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What women {in real life} can do for your soul

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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. ~Horatio G. Spafford My mom chose that hymn for her funeral. It was her prayer for those of us left behind. And as [...]

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Because parents have to be brave first

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One of my favorite things is learning from other moms. I can sit for hours soaking in their war stories and encouragement. Yesterday Christie shared about how to survive some of motherhood’s worst storms. Today, as Jackson and I gear up for our first year of Kindergarten, I went knocking on my friend Amanda’s door [...]

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A word on weathering the storms of motherhood

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My friend Christie has known me since before I had kids. I now have three. And she’s one of the few people with whom I can share my hard, ugly days of motherhood and always find help, empathy, encouragement. I asked if she’d share about weathering some of those storms that can rock any mother. [...]

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In God’s Heart I am: Beautiful

August 18, 2011

……….The unbelievable has happened. I actually recorded a video blog. {The word “vlog” gives me the heebie-jeebies}. This is a big first for me. And only because my friend Holley asked. And only because it was on the topic we all have been discussing the last couple of weeks – beauty. Hop on over here [...]

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The unpretty beautiful

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I have a six inch scar on my belly. It’s not pretty. It hurt for a long time. It testifies to the daughter I bore. It’s one of the most beautiful parts of my body. ### What unpretty marks do you celebrate for their beauty? {Thanks to Natalie for the photos} Want to keep up [...]

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How to help your teenage daughter feel beautiful

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I was the only daughter amidst brothers. I have two sons. And now a brand new daughter. Boys and all their rough and tumble ways are comfortable to me. No matter how many times folks on the out-and-about comment on their energy level or what a handful they must be, I only deep belly smile [...]

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Ask 100 women if they think they’re beautiful and this is what they say

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We’ve been on a beauty hunt. Trying to recognize it in ourselves. Because God says He has made everything beautiful. Your answers? Written down in five sacred minutes – they filled me up. I had to share at least a few. This is what women see when they search honestly for beauty: I chase her [...]

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Five Minute Friday: Beauty

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This week we’ve been talking about how to weed out the lie that you are not beautiful. We’ve been talking about the surprising place that ugly sometimes comes from.  And we agreed to go on a beauty hunt together this week. To write down beauty everywhere we found it in ourselves- laundry folded in love, [...]

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