This week’s “Dear Daughter” letter is from my Texan friend (and momma of three) across the pond, Andrea Stunz. Dear Daughter, My dear baby girl, You are our last bird in the nest, and your wings are almost ready to fly. As you enter your last year of high school, I’m already thinking of all…
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…
This week’s “Permission to Grow” guest post comes from Kelly Nickerson. Kelly is a mother to two kids on Earth and four in Heaven. The Good Grief Girl teaches us not to “get over” our losses but, instead, to grow from them. Permission to Grow Joy in the Mourning I kept his room the same for…
This month’s Texas Strong Woman of the Month is my beautiful friend, Susan Seay. She is a mom, speaker, and blogger extraordinaire. Meet Susan Seay Susan Seay lives in Austin with her husband and their seven amazing children–one son and six daughters. Over the last 5 years, she has built a business around being intentional…
“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…
