Keeping It Real

Keeping It Real

Enter “For Real Fridays” on Facebook. Have you heard of this fun experiment in honesty yet?  Over the past few weeks I have been asking friends to post something real about themselves on Facebook and I’m doing the same. I want us all to see one another’s beautiful, messy and true lives, not just the pretty beach pictures and other images of perfection.

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Worries and Wasting Time

Worries and Wasting Time

The pattern is this: fear-fueled thinking resulting in frequent contemplation of the worst case scenario (also known as: a waste of time). I know that I am not alone with this. I speak with women all the time who are right there with me.  Over the years I have come to waste a lot less time and energy with anxiety. Things that used to haunt me for days no longer have the same power.

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Growing Pains

Growing Pains

It is a beautiful thing seeing my children grow, learn, and develop more and more into their own little selves. But, with all of the growth, we leave some things behind. I heard a newborn cry this morning and I felt a familiar yearning for my babies. The tiny toes, the sweet smell, the tiny body cuddled on my chest, gently napping. Thousands of beautiful, lovely baby, toddler, and preschooler things that bring tears as I recall them.

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