Five Minute Friday: Grit

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Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on Friday and write like we used to run when we were kids. On Fridays we write [...]

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On why you need to keep on writing *especially* when you don’t have time

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“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.” ~ Eric Liddell, Gold Medalist, 1924 Paris Olympics I can’t cook. I can’t paint. I can’t sculpt. I can barely decorate my house. But when I write I feel a sense of purpose [...]

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When you’re sure you can’t do it you need a friend who believes you can

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Two years ago I sat on a park bench eating orange sherbert ice cream and telling Holley all these dreams that were crammed so tight inside my heart I could hardly breathe for fear of splitting down the middle. I told her about my sleepless nights. I told her about the desperate desire to be [...]

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The gospel according to motherhood

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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ~1 Corn. 1:27 I came by motherhood backwards. It was never my intention or my dream. It was a slow revelation that “barefoot and pregnant” was not a phrase ever [...]

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Five Minute Friday: Trust

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Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we want to, not because we have to. We write for fun, for joy, for discovery. On Fridays we just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Won’t you join us? (<—Tweet this!) 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – [...]

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Because your story matters more than your stats

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Child,” said the Voice, “I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell no one any story but his own.” C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia p.176. But what if my story isn’t important? What if it’s small and stitched together with load after load of laundry or hours spent [...]

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“Because words can build a bridge” or “Why I blog and why you should too”

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Two years and one job ago. I sat across from the man I love on the bed we’ve loved in since we were first married ten years before. I sat and smacked fist into palm and said it again and again and again, “But this can’t be what I’m supposed to do with my life.” [...]

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On seeing our {kids’} mistakes in perspective

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My first born, he’s just like me. Starts the day out with a gold ribbon ceremony for showing honor, courage, responsibility at school and all he can think about is the reprimand that ended his school day. All praise clouded out by a finger shaken in his direction. His breath fogs up the glasses that [...]

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And then after 18 years I rediscovered my mom

January 9, 2012

Eighteen years isn’t enough. Not by a long shot. Because she won’t remember. She won’t remember the first one when I rocked her through every night and ached from the tired and how much my heart wanted to eat her whole.  She won’t feel the knitted blanket I wrapped around her and the giraffe lovie [...]

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A social media prayer for the new year

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