Month: September 2025

  • You’re Smarter Than You Think

    Hello, tender friends! God has highlighted this message to me recently:”You’re already qualified.” From a young age, I became complicit in limiting myself. I struggled with feeling like I didn’t know as much as other people or was innately stupid. This feeling was contradicted by every academic testing I ever participated in, but I dismissed…

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    Declaration: I Will Honor My Body’s Need for Balance

    Hello, tender friends! I did it again. I made the same mistake. The same stupid mistake I’ve made for years. I’ve done well the past two weeks at balancing my work with caring for Jacob and Anthony. Working a few hours on Saturdays and Sundays? It’s honestly not a problem when I’m working on the…

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    How Mini Breaks Got Me Through the Week

    Hello, tender friends ! Reading this book was a good reminder of how powerful mini breaks can be. My work week last week was significantly better because I was intentional about mini breaks. The stressors were exactly what I expected, but I ended the week feeling a lot better than I expected because of this…

  • Making Peace with a Job I Hate

    Hello, tender friends! If you read last week’s post, you may have noticed teaching jobs involving kids were conspicuously absent. There’s a reason for that: I have never enjoyed teaching kids. Steve Carell understands me so well in these circumstances. Yet, after months of searching for jobs and prayer, I have ended up taking a…

  • Happy Labor Day!

    Hello, tender friends! Let’s celebrate Labor Day by sharing stories of fun jobs we’ve had. I always love to hear what people do day-to-day at their job, so I took a trip down memory lane to remember jobs that I’ve loved over the years. Ok, let’s start with my first job other than babysitting. This…