Towards the end of 2017, I sat down with a long list of questions to answer.
I only ended up getting through 3 of them, but those few questions have been so helpful as I've thought about the year ahead. In case you enjoy thinking intentionally about the upcoming months, I thought I'd share these 3 questions with you too:
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Chick-fil-a, Conversations, & Christ
Last Friday, my kids and I headed to Chick-fil-a to meet friends for lunch. While we were there, I saw the owner and introduced my kids to the man who had been my very first boss. He kindly offered to get ice cream for the kids. While he was gone, Nate looked up at me and …
3 Things I Learned During My Social Media Absence
Over the past couple weeks, I've taken an intentional break from social media. The reason I pulled away was two-fold:
1. I knew I loved it too much.
2. I recently read a book that suggested the two-week period.
Today, I'll share 3 things I learned during my social media absence:
Addicted to Social Media: a daily journal of my 2 week social media break
Two weeks ago, I deleted social media apps from my phone and banned myself from accessing them in any way over a period of 14 days. Because my purpose for this break was to develop my mind and heart, I decided to keep a daily journal specifically chronicling my struggles related to social media abstinence. …
Take Time to Build
This past weekend, my sisters and I took time to build our relationship with God and each other. It was refreshing, instructive, encouraging, hilarious, and convicting: all in less than two days. Before my sister, Sarah returned from the Philippines, we talked about attending a conference together. But as we looked at the conferences available …
Stop Looking for the Perfect Friend
“I think you have a skewed view of friendship.” These words came from my husband after I had just bemoaned to him for the umpteenth time about my friendship struggles. I received his words in the best possible way, of course, and replied, “You don’t understand. You’ve always had a lot of good friends.” I …
My Marriage Is Not Affair Proof
Google "How to Affair Proof Your Marriage" and you'll end up with a slew of options, ranging in helpfulness from "Commit to honest, open communication" to "Watch out for that second or third cocktail."
My husband and I just celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary and while we don't claim to have marriage figured out, there is one thing of which I'm 100% certain: my marriage is not affair proof. Not only is it not affair proof now, but I'm completely and totally confident that my marriage will never be affair proof. You know why?
One Year Ago Today: 3 lessons I learned when my water broke at 20 weeks
3 lessons I learned when my water broke at 20 weeks...