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YOU Are Invited!
You might have noticed that I went from having a hard time at the beginning of the summer to falling off the face of the blogosphere… J … God took me on a much needed vacation, where I reconnected with...
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It Starts Wednesday…
I am really excited… And I can’t wait! This week, Wednesday, we begin a new journey together. And like the original, The Respect Dare book, I shared it with a group of friends before we made it...
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Can’t Share My Secret…
This weekend, the women from our church got together for a lovely retreat. At the end of the weekend, there was a public sharing time. I wanted very much to stand up and talk about what I planned to...
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Becoming Like Jesus… through The Respect Dare (Part 2)
So today I’m breaking down Katy’s “small” experience with respect. I stand back in amazement at what God can do in the “small” things. Luke 16:10 tells us, “One who is faithful in a very little is also...
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Good Mom?
The boy stretched his arms upward in expectation. “Carry me, Mommy,” he said. Instead of lifting him, the very pregnant woman squatted next to him and steadied her swollen body. “Oh, I wish I could,...
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Teaching Our Daughters to Respect Themselves…
Her eleven year old eyes met mine and she smiled, handing me tissues. “I told you the movie would make you cry!” Her bell-like laughter bounced around the room, and my heart captured it. Emotion leaked...
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God Has Something to Say to You…Are You Listening?
Sleep hangs off the child as she slowly shuffles her way into the kitchen. Silent slow hugs ensue. Face buried in my chest, she murmurs, “Morning.” “Yes it is,” I breathe in the smell of her hair....
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How to Change Your Marriage…
Disappointment threatened to crush my mother’s heart as I listened to the child’s tale of woe. Like shards of glass under bare feet, we pressed hard together into the painful event and shared tears....
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The Other Side of Feminism…
I honestly do recognize the positives from the women’s movement. And yes, as a former professional, I appreciate the strides the movement made. Having entered a predominantly male industry, injection...
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The Reality of Depression …
Dark night, interrupted by nursing. Baby asleep, the young mother stopped before leaving the room. Through the doorway, she saw the dim light in the bathroom softly pouring across the hallway floor....
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Got a Difficult Marriage? Here’s Hope…
“Those are pretty flowers. Who are they for?” he asked. “Me. I had a horrible week and no one noticed, so I bought them for myself to cheer me up – they were the cheap ones at the grocery, so …...
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When Treated with Disrespect…
One of my boys had become extremely bossy, demanding I take him here and there, and one day, when we pulled into the driveway, he commanded, “Be ready in ten minutes, and I’m hungry, make me a...
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But He Treats Me with Disrespect!
One of my sons had become extremely bossy of late, demanding I take him here and there, and one day, when we pulled into the driveway, he commanded, “Be ready in ten minutes, and I’m hungry, make me a...
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Missing …
I could see her black and white polka dot leggings beneath the hanging banners. Her moving spotted legs kept my attention. Eleven years old and too young to wander the museum alone, I continued to...
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New Mercies for New Moms…
One of our bloggers, Leah Heffner, has a new post today that made me weep with remembrance and regret…and thankfulness. If you are in the “been there and done that crowd” parenting teens or children...
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For Once I Got it Right!
My mother-in-law gave me the best advice when I had my first child. It was the week before I returned to my part-time training job in the evenings. I was lamenting leaving the baby with my husband (her...
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He Doesn’t Deserve Respect…
If your marriage is difficult, understand that the enemy wants you to believe you have just TWO CHOICES: 1) Stay and be miserable… or … 2) Divorce… He’s pretty good at what he does. He’ll tell you...
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Got Pain?
The surgery is a week away. An expert surgeon, one of just a few in the country who does this procedure, will sever the membranes in my 15 year old son’s chest from his sides, slide a curved metal bar...
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Can You Trust Him?
So today’s the day. We packed up clothes for the week, and a pillow pet hippo, and left around 5:30am. And we’ve been sitting here in the hospital surgery waiting area for a while. No news yet, but...
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Small Things…
Small moments that make up the entirety of a day have become to accumulate. And somehow, it is Wednesday afternoon already. I wrote for a post on PeacefulWife.com for tomorrow. Actually He wrote it –...
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