“Setting boundaries isn’t about telling people what to do. It’s about telling people what you’re not willing to do.” I’ve only recently begun to understand the concept of healthy boundaries. Growing up, boundaries just weren’t a thing in my family, for a lot of reasons. I was taught structure, rules, and measured discipline. And…
“At this point, 2020 has lived the heck out of us all, feeling more like a dog year than anything else — an unruly, untrained, rabid dog year that both alternately and simultaneously continues to snap at us, destroy the things we love, and leave giant turds everywhere as it slowly runs on forever.” Right…
“Closure isn’t always a conversation. Sometimes, closure is simply the choice to protect your peace and move forward on your terms.” Quarantine allowed me and my excessively busy brain to stumble into a surprising, but much needed, two-part life lesson: I do not need anyone else’s permission for closure. And (more importantly), I do not…
“We get so focused on doing what’s easiest for us, expected from us, and right in front of us that we fail to do the things that bring joy to us.” Lately, I’ve been having a lot of conversations about making time for joy. For years, I regarded joy like an unexpected (albeit beloved) guest. A…
Anyone else in a season of saying “no” to things you never thought you would (or could) say no to? Earlier this year, a friend tagged me in an Instagram post about the power and importance of saying “no.” My instant response was: I’m in a new relationship with no – and I am loving it. …
The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. – Exodus 14:22 We have a saying in our house: Just keep moving toward the beach. When things get tough, when we’re overwhelmed, when we feel like we can’t…
Sometimes, it’s not what we need to learn next — it’s what we need to unlearn next. Lately, almost everything God puts in front of me either directly challenges or outright contradicts something I thought I already knew. So, I’m not learning. I’m unlearning. Learning is an endless mountain climb where we fix our eyes…
Has the thought of going BIG ever stopped you from going at all? I don’t know about you, but I’ve been taught my whole life that BIG is really the only way to go. If you’re going to do something: DO IT BIG. Or … …go home. Two choices. Either/or. Yes/no. It makes me wonder,…