Unmet longings invade every aspect of our lives and span the length of time. They may or may not be fulfilled. They may or not even be recognized. During the Allume conference this past weekend, a key message by Sophie Hudson opened my eyes to a longing that I didn’t know that I had...a longing for safe people. This longing is not something unattainable. It can be totally … [Read more...]
A Special Look at Halloween
Halloween and Special Needs: What You Need to Know As a child I didn't think much about Halloween. I grew up in a household where my father was atheist and my mom became a Christian when I was 5 years old. Some years I went out and some years I stayed home. I didn't think much about Halloween... and then I became a special needs mom. … [Read more...]
Modest & Comfortable – Outfits & Clothes Gotta Have Both
Have you ever gone to a school, a workplace, or an event that required you to wear attire that adhered to a strict dress code? Some starchy, rule packed list of "do's and don'ts" with impossible to follow demands? It's so frustrating! Maybe one in a hundred items in a department store would fit the kind of dress code I'm imagining - and that one item belongs in decades past. … [Read more...]
Why is Sunday Morning the Most Segregated Hour in America?
Sunday Morning the Most Segregated Hour in America I'm not sure how much you all know about my family, but here's a little background info: I am a work-at-home-mom to two beautiful little girls that were brought to us through the gift of adoption. My husband is a pastor - in a Southern Baptist church. I am white. He is black. Yup. That's our family. We love … [Read more...]
Five Things I Wish I’d Done Before Getting Engaged
Five Things I Wish I’d Done Before Getting Engaged I’m twenty-two, and I’m engaged to a man I have only known for six months. Some of you reading this might call me crazy – and I don’t know if I could bring myself to argue with you. But, when I sit back and look at how I’ve changed and grown in my relatively short time since meeting and falling in love with Justin, it’s hard … [Read more...]
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