Please Never Start: Too Young to Understand.
These kids were young enough to recognize depression in us, but we were somehow too young to see it in ourselves. I was still too young.
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Slowing Down: A Fast From Fast.
As a pastor, I work six days a week, and, on the seventh day, I preach and counsel people and work some more. The clock will not slow down -- only I can. God modeled an unhurried life, and, if anyone has a reason to be urgent, it is God. After all, He has the fate of the world on His shoulders. ...
An Ode To Young Mothers.
I wish I’d loved my body instead of simultaneously rejecting and protecting the very life that was growing within it. I kept my babies healthy and made myself sick because God forbid, anything could be allowed to be easy when it was clearly a big mistake. I know now that children of young moms ...
An Open Letter To My Former Younger Self.
You will eventually meet not the but a one who will be the birth of Thank You notes you’ll whisper to all of your past mistaken lovers.
Rediscovering the Bravery of Your Young Self.
I hated my period. The cramps and the crazy moods made me incapable of keeping it together long enough to run free and easy down the alley or take a marathon bike ride. I had to comb my hair now. I had to consider lipstick and strapping on that stupid boob binder because that’s what nice girls ...