I’m Slipping, I’m Falling
“No f—ing way,” said my cousin. She was giving a tour of her home and turned to see me barreling down the stairs toward her. The same stairs she cautioned me about moments prior. Her warning included a list of…
A Whiff of Nostalgia, a Gust of Hope
In the pictures I once painted of my future family, the barber shop was on my husband’s list of responsibilities. Saturday mornings, with the smell of sausage and syrup still lingering in the kitchen, I would wipe our son’s sticky…
A Paige From a Familiar Book: Why #MAFS is Hard to Watch
You hate to see it – but it’s impossible to look away. Every Wednesday night, I sit in front of the television and watch the train wreck that is Chris and Paige’s marriage-at-first-sight. I’ve been a die-hard fan of the…
A Yellow Kind of Love
A Yellow Kind of Love Pink is the fairytale the world reads to young girls at bedtime: princess sitting pretty in palace window as a knight in shining armor scales the castle wall in pursuit of her love. Sweet dreams…
What Marriage Is Not
Everyone has an ideal. Whether married, divorced, single-and-hoping, or single-and-running, everyone has a picture of how marriage should look. Time and glimpses into actual marriages have taught me that the reality of marriage often differs from pre-wedding expectations. In some…
Spoken Word: Who Will Fight for Girls?
Video of my performance at the Passion for Christ Movement’s Rhetoric 2016 show has been released on the P4CM YouTube channel. You can watch below.
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Peeling Back the Layers – Part 2
During the month of November, I participated in the 30 Layers 30 Days Writing Challenge. These are my postings from the second half of the challenge. View postings from the first half in Part 1. Day 16: Describe Him …
