Being a Woman
(in)RL in Pictures
Apr 30th
When I hear the front door latch turn and the clomp-clomp of combat boots on wood floors, I know my man is home. And after a kiss and a “Hey baby. How was your day?” I can count on him shooting me a second question:
“Did you talk to anybody today?”
And I’m sure-fire certain he likes it when I answer yes, because then he knows his verbose wife won’t barrage him with a torrent of words. Because for every 1000 words my man speaks, I speak about 5ooo. Ish. He also insists that when I’ve been able to talk with other More >
How You Can Surely Bloom Today
Apr 23rd
So if you’ve felt afraid to put yourself out there because you feel less than perfect, because you’re afraid what others might say, then reach out your hands and open your heart, sweet sister. You are already perfectly loved, and you only have to please the One who has already declared you are a delight to his heart. Holley Gerth, You’re Already Amazing
She runs into the kitchen and looks up at me with silver dollar eyes. Her words tumble out:
“Mama! Did you see what’s on the side of the house by where the garden stuff is? Did you see what’s blooming??”
I More >
Because She’s Already Amazing {plus a sweet giveaway!}
Mar 12th
Amazingness galore :: Cheryl, Jen *and* Mary
*Giveaway now closed.*
Her graciousness struck me from our first meeting, and what a first meeting it was. Mary, looking totally darling with her thick, dark hair swinging in a pony tail, and me looking totally not darling with primary colored birthday cake frosting smeared. all. over. my chest, face, and hair. {I later realized I even had frosting on my back. How? I’ll never know.} Unfazed by my disheveled appearance, Mary introduces herself and welcomes us to the Juniper Court neighborhood. We schedule a playdate for our same-aged toddlers, and so begins a friendship that More >
When Others Knock the Wind Out of Your Sails
Mar 9th
As y’all know, homegirl and I have been getting our Say Yes to the Dress on, and this night is no different. We snuggle up under {relatively} clean sheets and watch an episode featuring a bride and her particularly opinionated “friends.” After getting a feel for the bride’s taste in dresses, a store consultant brings her a strapless drop waste number with ruffles and rosettes playing along the skirt. The bride slips into the dress and turns around to see herself in the floor length mirror. One look and she lights up like the sky on the 4th of July. Indeed, the dress More >
While Waiting on Friends :: at (in)courage
Mar 3rd
God is in no hurry. Compared to the works of mankind, He is extremely deliberate. God is not a slave to the human clock.
Charles Swindoll
You tell me your desert stretches for miles, and how you lived in it for weeks, months, or years. And I know exactly what you’re talking about because I’ve seen the same friend-making landscape. True, sometimes friendships form quickly, but usually I’ve had to wait on them.
And really, how many of us like to wait on anything? I want what I want and I want it now, thankyouverymuch.
I can do all the right things in hopes of finding More >
When You Feel Empty
Nov 1st
Just like He created the earth to be inhabited, He created us to be inhabited, full and light. Created-in-His-image full of light.
”For this is what the LORD says– he who created the heavens, he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited–
he says: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness…”
Isaiah 45:18-19
This past weekend, I attended Relevant, thanks to a super generous sponsorship given by the super fab blog, (in)courage. And wowzers, the More >
A Book Club
Oct 10th
If you’re here visiting from the MOPS military book club, welcome! So glad to have you visiting my neck of the woods! If you would like to get a little Blue Skies encouragement for free in your mailbox, just click here. You’re welcome to connect with me via Facebook, too!
While stationed in Albuquerque, I helped start a Military MOPS group at Kirtland Air Force Base alongside a tight-knit group of fellow wives and mom-friends. And just remembering that sweet but exhausting time has me ready for a nap. On meeting days, I could nurse my baby daughter, manage my twin 4 year More >
What to Do When You’re Waiting on Friendships
Sep 29th
I had two freshly minted five year olds and a one year old when we moved from an active, treasured community to a new home in a new state. I missed my friends, but I knew I’d make new, local ones. I assumed it wouldn’t take long.
I assumed wrong.
It took months. And months and months. And even then, it took more time. I was *this* close to making a sign reading “Desperate woman seeks friends!” I missed close-by gal pals somethin’ fierce.
I read the comments to my previous post and to this one, and I know many of you miss the same thing. Reading Lysa’s More >
