womanhood

  • You’re Standing in Life

    Are you ready for a crazy thought that darted through my evening last week? It took half a second to think, and the better part of two hours to explain. I’m still not sure it’s ready to share, but here goes anyway. You ready? Maybe this is actually life. Not a season, or a stage, or a waiting game, or a not yet, or… Continue reading

  • This Is Not a Dead-End

    Here’s a thought: Your unmet expectations don’t determine the worth of your story. Your good, but unfulfilled desires and dreams don’t determine the success of your life. The ideas others have of how your life SHOULD be turning out have no authority or ability to stop God’s good plan + purpose for how your life… Continue reading

  • Return

    It doesn’t have to make sense right now. . . wherever you’re standing or sitting or crying, you don’t need to make any sense of it. If this place feels hard and awful, that’s okay. It is hard and awful. Can’t quite push the Christian catchphrase out? Don’t try. It’s good to grieve. It’s healthy… Continue reading

  • Learning to Sing

    It was just a regular morning. I woke up, heard the coffee grinding, took a hot shower, got dressed, slapped on some makeup, examined the snapdragons I can’t get enough of, and made my way to work. But as I was walking to the truck, a picture of myself and God popped into my head.… Continue reading