I’ve had a top notch job as Mama for 30 years. I knew it wouldn’t last forever. It is, after all, a job you really hope you work yourself out of. But I hadn’t thought much about my next. God began a good work that He’s promised to complete in me. I am confident that...
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Growth is Mandatory, Maturing is Optional
I don’t have a green thumb. I can plant a seed and get it to break ground. But more often than not the plant doesn’t fully mature to produce what I anticipated, whether it’s a beautiful flower or a fat, juicy tomato. I’ve made peace with this fact. But I asked...
Let Today be Today
It would not do for me to be a runway model. Aside from the fact that I am 5’2” (eyes of blue) and very curvy, models never look where they’re going. I confess I’ve always envied that cool stare straight ahead as they saunter down the catwalk in those crazy heels....
I Must Be Me…Don’t Apologize
I’d say two words encapsulate my primary way of diminishing myself - I’m sorry. I’m not apologizing for the phrase. That IS the phrase. I’m sorry. It became an exhaustive part of my vernacular. Constantly apologizing for who I was, how I looked, what I said, the...
Who’s too Big
I can’t quite pinpoint when in elementary school I became aware I wasn’t like the other girls. But once I did the differences seemed insurmountable. Taller. Chubbier. A big ol’ clumsy mess that didn’t entirely fit the mold. BIG being the operative word. Don’t ask me...
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