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The new year is always a bit of a struggle, but not in the way you’d expect. I love goals. The idea of checking lists and achieving things comes naturally to me. (That’s not to say it is easy, believe me!) It’s just the way my brain works.
The thing that’s not so easy for me? Grace. That’s what I need to be intentional about.
Every season we learn things, but it isn’t until we pay attention that we really own them. Years ago, Emily Freeman guided us to spend time thinking about what we learned in the closing season before we move into the new season. And this season has taught so much. In no particular order other than
I hate September. Well, maybe not everything about September. After all, there are sweatshirts and apples and cool nights. Those are the saving graces, because the rest brings me to my knees. The Shift Shifting from a summer mindset into a school mindset is rough, even without a global pandemic. I’m not just talking bedtimes
We stood at the counter and my cheeks flushed red. How could I be here on the wrong day? I don’t do that. I don’t get things like this wrong. Imperfection isn’t my thing. I’m not that person. But today I was. And I didn’t like it. So I got mad. Not at anyone in
Do you ever have days that feel like a complete failure? You’re not the only one. You Know the Days There are days when I feel like I’ve been doing (almost) everything right and then I look at the result and things just don’t measure up. Like when you’ve been eating well, tracking your food,
I could feel it slipping through my fingers. Any hope of the person I wanted to be falling away as my voice got louder and my fists clenched tight by my sides. This wasn’t how I wanted motherhood to look. This wasn’t the mother I wanted to be. There are plenty of examples of the scene above:
I hope no one got the wrong idea in my last post. I think the New Year is great. I’m more of a New Year in September kind of person, after all I was a teacher. And I will still tell you my favorite part of teaching was getting everything ready for the new year. New
Discover The Gifts of Imperfection to help you let go of who you think you should be and embrace who you are. Staring at the calendar I realized I messed up. I double booked things and now I had a mess to untangle. First, my daughter needed me to bring her to the doctor at
I’m not a fan of resolutions. It’s not that the concept isn’t good. I love the idea of setting new goals and checking things off a list to better oneself. The thing I’m not a fan of? Self sabotage. The Usual Routine It’s what always happens to me when I’ve tried to set a New
