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Dear Daughter: You Will Fail by Pastor Jill Richardson

As a followup to last year’s “Dear Mom” letters, this fall I’m sharing a series of “Dear Daughter” guest posts from a few of my dearest writing friends. Our first “Dear Daughter” letter comes from pastor Jill Richardson. Jill is also an author and the mother of three daughters, Dear Daughter, In two hours, we…

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Permission to Grow: Healing Opens the Door for Growth

The final guest post in this summer’s “Permission to Grow” series is written by my beautiful friend and fellow Austinite, Jamie Kingsley, who invites us to just say “YES.” Permission to Grow Healing opens the door for growth Looking back, I refer to my 20’s as “The Dark Years.” Deeply wounded, I continued to make decisions…

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When Little Girls Have Big Ideas and How We Prepare Them for Leadership

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…

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“Dear Mom” Letters: I Wonder As I Wander by Courtney Thrash

I am loving this week’s “Dear Mom” letter from my For the Love launch team sister, Courtney Thrash. She is gorgeous, y’all, inside and out. I wish we’d had more time to talk this weekend during the launch team’s takeover of Austin.   Dear Mom, Once upon a time, I thought I knew everything. And…