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Standing on God’s Word
Hello, tender friends! Between work and teaching VBS, this week has been hectic. But we have had great fun! Our theme location this year is “Breaker Rock Beach,” so that’s why you see the whale in the background. Evenings have been hectic, but the Holy Spirit has been moving. I have had the urge to…
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God’s Mysterious Ways
Hello tender friends! God’s ways are always better. We found a baby deer in the tree line around the house a few days ago. She was tiny and cried out for her mother, apparently abandoned. She walked back and forth looking lost and blinking her beautiful, long-lashed eyes. The next morning, she lay curled up…
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God’s Gifts
Hello, and Happy Memorial Day, tender friends! As you head out to your barbecues or other celebrations while we wait out the rain here in Virginia, I wanted to share this moment of gratitude. I had one of those moments this weekend. Those moments that make you ask, “Why God, why do I get all…
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Kale Chips With a Twist
Hello, tender friends! I LOVE kale chips. When people act like eating healthy is a burden, it’s because they’re doing it wrong. But I have a little secret: we didn’t have enough kale for me to make a batch of exclusive kale chips when we harvested our first round of kale from the garden, so…
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Go Big or Go Home-speech
Hello tender friends! This is a speech I gave last week at my public speaking group. It covers the same time period as a speech I shared before- when I studied abroad in 2007 in Valencia, Spain my junior year of college. Here goes: If you’ve ever lived abroad, you know that everything has the…
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Choose How You Show Up
Hello, tender friends! In the spirit of choosing how I show up, I decided to dress up in a nice shirt for a work function even though it wasn’t necessary. I had almost 3 hours of driving round trip that day, and I was determined to make it a treat for myself. It worked. Making…
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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…
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A Wife and Motherhood Mantra
Hello, tender friends! A little known fact that may surprise you: I am, shall we say, occasionally spicy of temperament. This isn’t entirely unproductive. I occasionally channel my rage into completing tasks with astonishing rapidity. I can mow our lawn as fast as Anthony if I get angry enough and take it out on the…
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I Miss Home
Hello, tender friends! Waves of homesickness occasionally envelop me even though I haven’t lived home for well over a decade. I’ve left the name of my hometown/state blank so that you can insert the name of wherever you consider home and see if anything resonates with you. Oh, and here’s a little photo gem from…
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You Are a Diamond
Hello tender friend! It arrived in the mail! After Cubby went to bed, I kicked back on the couch with my favorite blanket and a cup of lemon balm tea and read the whole thing! (Just a reminder that nothing on here is monetized and I only endorse things as I feel led. I will…
tea and tenderness 