We try to make up for our imperfections by striving. Trying to prove we aren’t as bad as we seem.
Or we do the opposite and freeze in the belief we aren’t capable so we embrace their failures and don’t risk trying anymore.
There is a third way…
How do you find the courage to be vulner...
“Discovering courage is not a straight path. It is one where I have to discover myself over and over again…
3 Ways My Life is Better Offline
Hello friends, it has been much too long since I have written to you about life and God and motherhood. The reality is, with the beginning of the school year came a boatload of stress that I found I could not manage well. I have been immensely discouraged at my place in life. My sense […]
What is Your True Potential?
I never thought I would, but I now work in a public elementary school. A Title 1 school in fact (which means that a significant number of students in the school come from a place of financial strain). I had a conversation with a teacher today talking about the different services offered to students who […]
7 Encouragements I Received through “God
For over a year, God has been silent. I have been seeking His wisdom on what my future will look like, what I should do for a living, where I can go to minister, and where I can actually make some money and there has been this gaping hole where it seemed that intimacy used […]
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I’m going to write this, but I might delete it… Sometimes a girl just needs permission. ? That is the comment I wrote to myself before plunging into this post for Five Minute Friday. Because writing takes courage. And if you are a writer I want to encourage you to write even if you’re a […]
I feel like a fake! I’m a terrible mom!
Neil Armstrong felt like a fake. Imagine. While in a room full of artists and scientists, musicians and discoverers, he said to Neil Gaiman: “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.” And I said, “Yes. But […]
What Would we Lose if Facebook Disappear...
I recently took a hiatus from Facebook. I didn’t announce it. I told a few people who I thought should know, but really, I did it in quiet. I did it because I felt like I was losing a sense of being able to hear my own thoughts. I spent my time scrolling past other […]
What I Saw in the Airport Bathroom
I haven’t been able to write much on the blog. There has been a lot going on recently as I have written for other publications, tried to wrap up the school year well, and – I confess – I’ve been binging on “The Americans,” but I wanted to join in on this week’s Five Minute […]
The KonMari Method :: Three Tips for Dec...
Three months ago I began to “KonMari” my home. I started out strong. Each week I tackled a new project in the house. First books (more below), next papers, followed by kitchen odds and ends that were still in moving boxes. I was strong for three weeks. Then a cold struck. Followed by a few […]