I feel like shame is a bigger problem than most people realize. Shame is traditionally defined as, "a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior." Many of you are carrying around shame right now, shame over something you...
Friends, I want you to read this article. I want you to read it more than once. This is a controversial topic most will not even dare to speak of but bravely, this man did. Dear Church: It's Time to Stop Enabling Abusive Men I have a thousand...
A few days ago, I wrote an article titled How to Forgive Someone Who Ripped Your Life Apart. That article was written for the purpose of dealing with the topic of forgiveness on a new level, a real level involving hard topics and pain. Then, it...
I wanted to take a little time today to explain the "warrior" mentality because I believe it easy to misunderstand so, I want to make sure we're all on the same page. Also, I believe we are all warriors and it is important for you...
"For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." Matthew 6:14-15 NIV That's intense. I turned 32 and real life hit me like a...
Many of you have read my story and you know, I have been knocked down. Way down. In fact, I think it's safe to say, I was knocked down several times in a row. Several of you have been in that place and I'm sure, several...
Shirt from Ella Reu Designs For years womanhood and weakness have gone hand in hand. Innocent smiles, quiet demeanor, never having a strong opinion, all of these things flow together with this image of this so-called "perfect woman" that seemed to be always taking care of...
It began as text messages mainly to my boyfriend, veiled threats demanding money from him or my reputation, as a public figure, would be destroyed. “It can either haunt her forever or not. You haven’t seen anything yet. Hell hath no fury.” Then, I started seeing flashes...
I am sitting at a beautiful wooden table in the dining room of a friend’s cottage, secluded in the trees, hidden by endless leaves, winding roads and silence. I can see the sun through the clear glass windows reflecting off the lake down the road...
Single parenting is hard. Step-parenting is hard. Parenting is hard. There's nothing easy about this process no matter which stage you might be in. That being said, I want to focus today on single parenting because it is a different breed all together. I remember those...
