Lauren Flake - Grief & Texas
This week’s Permission to Grieve guest post is written by my For the Love launch team “momma” and dear friend, Andrea Stunz, who shows us that we grieve because we love. Permission to Grieve Name it. Claim it. Grieve it. We all have losses that we need to grieve. We all grieve differently and we all […]
This is a big week–my mother-in-law celebrated her 60th birthday Sunday, my husband and I celebrate 8 years of marriage today and, this weekend, I’ll celebrate community by reuniting with a few of my For the Love launch team sisters who live in central Texas. I’ve told you that last year was all about community. Fundraisers, […]
I have struggled with loving myself for as long as I can remember. As a teenager, I longed to be taller and curvier, prettier and more athletic. When I finally hit a growth spurt towards the end of high school, I gained male attention and, in turn, a small boost in self confidence. In college, I had more than enough […]
I’ve been having trouble writing lately, trouble finding my voice and trouble finding time to write in this season of motherhood. I feel myself being pulled in too many directions and struggling with self doubt as a stay at home mom. I always hesitate when someone asks me what I “do”. Well, I take care […]
Celebrating A Year of Blessings As “Mommy” to a toddler and a newborn at the present moment, I celebrate small but wonderful blessings like a few consecutive hours of sleep, a hot shower, wearing clean clothes and eating a meal without a child in my lap on a daily basis. This New Year’s Eve, however, […]