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The Mountain in Our Way

Boundaries: The Friend of Every Parent

Instead of Panicking, Try This

A Frustrating Part of the Vulnerability Conversation

The Gift of Seasonal Bookends During Change

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With 2020 continuing to give us more than its fair

With 2020 continuing to give us more than its fair share of change, I’m taking comfort in a few things that haven’t changed this year:

🔴My geraniums blooming like gangbusters.
🔴New books releasing. (I’m reading The Heir Affair by @fuggirls and it’s brought DELIGHT to my summer.)
🔴My favorite café @rnrcoffeecafe carrying my beloved chai.

In the middle of so much big change, what are some small things you’re finding haven’t changed?
#girlmeetschange

You can have a firing squad rapid fire ugly words

You can have a firing squad rapid fire ugly words at you, and years later, you can still feel those bullets hit your whole heart.

Years later, you can still feel like they define your whole self.

I’ve been the one in the line of fire . . .and the one pulling the trigger.

You can look out and see that God is good in a thousand ways, but you can also look within and think maybe he’s disappointed in you in a thousand ways, too.

But then, God, whose heart always beats for you, can move another beating heart to relay His heart to you.

We haven’t let Him down because He’s always raising up His love for us through His Son and His heart—found in the Word and the words of others.

So, if you need it, hear this from me: You have His everlasting love and unfailing kindness. You’re not the exception to the rule. God’s grace outlasts the ugly done to you and by you, and you’re wildly, wildly beloved today and always.

Let another know she’s beloved, too.

#challengeaccepted with enthusiasm from these life-giving women:

@annvoskamp—whose word-wise heart takes you straight to the heart of Jesus.
@heatherleberhart—a beautiful navy wife who encourages military spouses in wholeheartedly beautiful ways.
@csclanahan—one of my most beloved friends who is a rockstar woman, wife, and mama.

#womensupportingwomen

This breathtaking bride didn’t make me an aunt,

This breathtaking bride didn’t make me an aunt, but she was the first baby born in the family after my husband and I were hitched. And now she’s hitched! Thankful for the opportunity to attend the sweet ceremony celebrating Bailey + Jace. . . and for getting not one but two (two!) pieces of really good wedding cake.

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