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Let’s Have a Porch Chat (about Unfollows)

in Back Roads to Belonging· Porch Chat· Social Media

This is a post based on an instagram story I gave concerning unfollows on social media. If you’d like to…
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All I made was an unfancy pitcher of Luzianne iced

All I made was an unfancy pitcher of Luzianne iced tea--I favor Luzianne because I can still hear its 1980's commercial in my head. I did go the extra 1/4 mile and made sweet *and* unsweet tea. Not everyone has a sweet tooth the size of Texas like I do.⁠⁠
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Because three other people worked in the house, we four gals sat on the porch in the wrought-iron seats that are twenty+ years old. And we use our collective eighty+ years of parenting/doing life with older kids to encourage one another in this season. ⁠⁠
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Most days I feel I don't know what I'm doing on this front, but how kind and helpful it is of God to give me co-journeying guides for along the way. ⁠⁠
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Also? How good it is to know that belonging doesn't care about fancy. It just wants the opportunity to have a seat.⁠⁠
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What simple ways can you make a space for another to belong? What simple thing has another done to help you belong? ⁠⁠
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#whereIbelongWednesday⁠⁠
#backroadstobelonging⁠

If you've been around here a while, you know I lov

Yes, yes . . . I know in many cases less is more.

Yes, yes . . . I know in many cases less is more. But for your girl here? More is more when it comes to:⁠⁠
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✔️Cake⁠⁠
✔️Summer⁠⁠
✔️Flowers⁠⁠
✔️Books⁠⁠
✔️Buffalo Check⁠⁠
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What's your own more is more?

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