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You’re Going to Be Okay: A Book for You and Me
A package arrived in my mail recently with my friend Holley Gerth's lovely new book You're Going to Be Okay: Encouraging Truth Your Heart Needs to Hear, Especially on the Hard Days. I don't think there are any five words I need to hear—need to believe—more than you're...
February 2014 Desktop Calendar (calendar updated!)
Thank you sweet readers who remind me each month to make a desktop calendar for you. I enjoy them, too! We had SNOW in Atlanta last week and this is a frosty little bud from my front yard. Download February's Desktop Calendar Small Large X-Large Free Editing Software...
More Than Just a Face on a Screen
A team of writers live blogged a trip to Uganda this week with Compassion International. Friends of mine made the journey and they've taken me with them, sisters who smuggled me in their suitcase and shared their days. But today—this? The dress. The bracelets. The...
My Unexpected Foray into Home Blogging
We live in a Pinterest world where you can peek into the homes, kitchens, and closets of others from the privacy of your computer or cell phone. {Follow me!} Although Pinterest sometimes make me feel inadequate, it's a great source of inspiration. I've looked at...
First Steps
My youngest stands and waits for her first softball tryout on this cloudy Saturday morning, windchill 20 degrees. I turn my back to the wind and hold her close, my body a physical shield for hers as we shiver in the cold. The newness of her pink-trimmed cleats and...
Thoughts on Home
A few months ago I bought myself a copy of The Writer's Devotional, a lovely volume filled with quotations, inspiration, and prompts for writers. I'm hardly a daily user—it'll take me much more than 365 days to finish—but I enjoy the process. A sweet woman whom I only...
Final Week of Mary & Martha’s January Clearance!
Your response to the January Clearance Sale at my Mary & Martha shop has been amazing. There are some unbelievable buys and you're snatching them up! Thank you for shopping with me. I appreciate you! There's one more week of the sale, which ends January 31. Today...
Words for Parents of Teens
In November my two teen daughters and I attended Girls of Grace, an event put on by speakers and musicians who have a heart for teen girls. I've worn the title of mommy, mama, mom—it differs depending on the child who speaks it and the mood they're in—for 27 years,...
Learning to Live Generously and My One Word in 2014
As a child my mother said “more can be bought” if the last candy bar went missing or my sister decorated my Barbie doll with an ink pen or I outgrew my favorite shoes. This didn’t mean we ran to the store and replaced everything damaged or eaten or unwearable, but the...
Meet Me in Real Life
Registration is now open for the 2014 (in)RL conference-that-isn't-a-conference on the weekend of April 25 & 26. Every year I try to explain it to my friends and I'm not sure if I succeed, so I'm going to recap what (in)RL is and what it isn't. What (in)RL Isn't...
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