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On Weighing the Risks and Plans that Fail

A New Year’s Catch-Up and Blessing

Book Recommendations for the Advent Season

High-waisted Pants and Emotional Muffin Tops

When You Must Walk Through Life-Stirring Change

For the Mama of the Graduate

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These two turned 21 one week ago, but we couldn’

These two turned 21 one week ago, but we couldn’t celebrate till after the fact on account of one’s work schedule and the other’s finals for his summer foreign language intensive.

They move back to school this weekend, and in spite of over 5 months of being all up in each other‘s business, I’m 0% ready for them to leave. They’re dream sons who are chock-full of character, integrity, and wit, and they are as kind and hard-working as they come.

Happy birthday, James and Ethan! 🎉🍺 🥳I love you more than you (still) love Legos.

#girlmeetschange

This pretty thang is 1️⃣ today, and you can fi

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

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