This week’s Permission to Grieve post comes from my For the Love launch team sister Robin Lee, who explains that learning how to grieve well is the key to finding joy and peace. Permission to Grieve The key to finding peace The computer beeped; a new message arrived. “I need help dealing with my mother,”…
“What does ‘pretty’ mean?” I ask my just turned 4-year-old. “I don’t know.” “Are you pretty?” “Yeah.” “Well, how do you know you’re pretty if you don’t know what it means?” “I look in the mirror and see I’m pretty.” Why praising little girls for being ‘pretty’ is cruel She’s right. Pretty is in the mirror. Pretty…
In our fourth installment of this winter’s Permission to Grieve series, LaRae Humes, my fellow Austinite, shares how her recent experience grieving multiple miscarriages taught her that God’s love never fails. Permission to Grieve I had never truly lost something before 2014. Sure, a pet fish would bite the dust or a dog would run away, but the…
I was born at Seton Hospital in Austin in 1984. I think it’s safe to say that my hometown has experienced a few changes since then. After all, I was here before the hipsters arrived, before SXSW started, before Sandra Bullock and everyone else decided ATX was the place to be. In honor of all my fellow native Austinites,…
I’m honored to guest post about “Big Ideas” in Claire Mummert’s #LikeaLady series at Radically Broken this week: A lady has kind hands, kind words, big ideas, she works hard, and she trusts God. When Little Girls Have Big Ideas I posted a quote this week that really resonated with my female followers on Facebook: I…
