With less than forty-eight hours left on the clock, I rushed into the store dragging my seven-year-old son behind me. We were heading to a water park in two days and I needed a new swimsuit. Having looked at the scale with disdain that morning, getting a root canal...
Body Image
Should You Wear a Swimsuit this Summer?
This is a post I wrote for For Every Mom a great site especially for Christian moms! You may be wondering: Is that me in a bathing suit. Uh. Um. Yes. It is. Was this easy for me to do? Uh, no. It was not. But, here's why I did it. Although I don't advocate for women...
Dear Girl Mom, She’s Watching
Dear Fellow Girl Mom: She's watching. Every scowling glare we give the mirror. Every time we use the "F" word (fat). Each and every time we grumble about thighs that touch or bellies that aren't flat as the pavement. She knows. She knows when we aren't happy with our...
Confession of a Body Image Bully
Do you struggle with your body image and negative self talk? Know you aren't alone, in that. Today, I've asked my friend Erin Kerry to share how God has worked on her in this area. Here is her confession of a body image bully...check out her story below! I am a...
Love Jesus. Not Cellulite.
It was all over my Facebook newsfeed last week. The mom...in the bikini...the one with the saggy skin and stretch marks. You saw her, right? We all saw her. It's how we responded that's what causes my concern. The headline on the Huffington Post story read this way,...
Cinderella Let Me Down
I have an attachment problem. To stuff. To dreams. To the plans I make. For this reason, leasing vehicles proved to be an unwise strategy. As a single girl it seemed like the best way to keep me from having to hassle with car maintenance. So, I traveled the road of...
Journey to Freedom: Shannan’s Body Image Journal Week One
Have you ever wished you could read someone else's journal? Not to be a creeper or anything. . . but just so you could know that you aren't the ONLY one who thinks the way you do? Today a very brave reader friend, Shannan, is allowing us to do just that. She felt like...
My Marriage is Not What I Expected: Three Ways it Surprised Me
Tears spilled down my face. But it felt more like my heart was bleeding. I stared even harder at the collage of eggs, pancakes, and breakfast meats co-mingling on my plate. I had to keep looking down. Even a glance of the newspaper that divided our small table would...
So Why Do Christian Women Struggle With Body Image?
This is the post where I confess that I feel like Jonah. You see, part of me desperately wishes I could just write nicety-nice posts telling American women that we are all beautiful. Then I could encourage everyone to stare in the mirror longer until we can see our...
What Do Beauty and Money Have in Common?
Are you tired of doing mental gymnastics over your weight, size, or a certain part of your body? Do you feel like thinking about the way you look, physically, consumes more time and energy than it should? Then, you have come to the right place. Because I was in the...