Category: healing

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    The Call to Stop Betraying My Biology

    Hello, tender friends! If you’re new here, 1) thank you for subscribing and 2) this is a follow up to this post. I’m still saying less, but it hasn’t become automatic yet. I continue to slip up. Anthony says, “We aim for progress, not perfection.” Friends (IRL) have asked why I think God called me…

  • How I treated Jacob’s Ear Infection at Home

    Hello, tender friends! Even though it’s March, ’tis the season for sickness in preschool. Multiple moms from Jacob’s preschool class have reported unpleasantness caused by norovirus and Flu A. Vomiting 4 times in 15 minutes? Oh, no thank you! And at Sunday School, an ear infection that doctors are calling “really bad” has been going…

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    The Case for Persisting in Prayer

    Hello, tender friends! These are two of my favorite promises of the Bible: But it doesn’t always feel like that, does it? As a kid I prayed, fervently, that my uncle would get sober and spare the family the pain of watching him slowly die. It didn’t work. So little flesh remained on his body…

  • More Synthetic Fibers… 😫

    Hello, tender friends! I can now spot polyester a mile away. It’s everywhere. The last time I went shopping, I left the store empty-handed because I couldn’t find any sweatpants that didn’t have polyester in them. As a recap for new friends, I’ve been decluttering my closet for quite a while. After several massive hauls,…

  • How We Treated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever at Home

    Hello, tender friends! Don’t worry-this kid is doing absolutely fine! Treating Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is no joke. But the silver lining is that this experience has increased my confidence in my home medicine cabinet in treating something that I had not previously encountered. And for those of you who are concerned that I didn’t…

  • The Dark Side of Decluttering

    Hello, tender friends! This was not the planned post for today, but I’m trying to look on the bright side of things as I nurse my wounds that feel like someone is gouging glass into my skin. Bright side: an unplanned science lesson. Beneath our carport, I saw some debris to discard beneath shade cloths.…

  • Do One Thing That Scares You

    Hello and happy Thursday, tender friends! Remember the life advice “Do one thing every day that scares you?” It’s been a long time since I’ve attempted to push myself out of my comfort zone with such regularity, but I wanted to at least try to do it sometimes if not every day. I’ve wanted to…

  • Write Yourself Well

    Hello, tender friends! Here’s my literary confession: I had a fantasy for over 2 years about writing a book with the same title as this blog post. During the most traumatic times of my life in the past, I completely ceased all writing, even journal writing. With the traumatizing situation going on with my family…

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    Why I’m Embracing Rage

    Hello, tender friends! For most of my life, I’ve sublimated anger, ashamed of it. I sublimated it so successfully that it wasn’t until I was 20-something that I acknowledged it. I felt like I was observing an alien that day. “I’m so angry,” I choked out, surprising myself. I had no idea how violently the…

  • Release to Heal

    Release to Heal

    Hello, tender friends! Breath work and bodily movement can heal you. When I first read about somatic movement releasing suppressed emotions as a path to healing, I was cautiously optimistic. Then I read about a somatic breathing exercise and tried it. I basically expanded my upper chest as much as I could while inhaling and…