Love Well.

I don’t usually get too serious on here, but today I did. I wrote this post as a Christian to other Christians, including myself. I pray that my heart and intentions come through clearly. The woman was on her knees, hunched completely over in the dirt, probably a little beaten and certainly humiliated. Men crowded […]

Tiny Bits of Grace.

As my last re-run before getting back to regularly scheduled posts, I wanted to share something that happened last year, but perhaps means more to me this year due to some significant changes in my life.  But I’ll get back to that at the end of the post. Originally Published August 11, 2011. Ali has […]

The Worst Blogger Ever.

On Saturday, I took a road trip by myself to Jackson, Mississippi for a Vault Party. Although I don’t normally travel to do jean parties, two of my long-time blog and twitter friends, Sarah and Megan, had invited me to come.  So besides the fun of offering makeovers to dozens of women’s butts, it was […]

A New Journey.

On the last day of July, my Dad turned sixty. On the first day of August, he was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma. It was sudden, horrifying, and a nausea-inducing roller coaster of various diagnoses to end up at that point.  His diagnosis was confirmed last Monday by a specialist in Memphis. The tumor did have […]

Happy Mother’s Day, from Time Magazine.

You might have seen it by now. You might have even seen it before it came out, like I did. Time Magazine, in an apparent celebration of Mother’s Day, published the following issue on Friday: “Are You Mom Enough?” The title immediately infuriated me.  The challenging, smug look on her face, the nannie-nannie boo-boo (no […]

Unlabeled.

“Rachel, you’re getting too skinny!” “Um…what?” “Look at your arms!! You look anorexic!” Surely they weren’t talking to me, and clearly this wasn’t someone who knew me very well – that observation was seriously ridiculous. I’ve never been anything within ten miles of too skinny in my entire life. Had they not noticed my thighs? […]

Detox.

This is one of those scary-to-write posts.  Pondering the range of reactions that you might have, I can imagine that some of you will probably think it is frivolous and silly, wondering what the big deal is.  Some of you might think that I am a terrible parent, and that my generation and our technology […]

Wife of a Preacher Man.

“They want you to do…what??” So my husband preached yesterday. As in, wore a suit and a tie and a Britney mic and stood behind the pulpit in the bright lights and preached. The evidence that this event occurred can be found in the gigantic My-Husband-Is-Preaching Stress Pimple right between my eyes. Because apparently, everyone […]

Coexist.

I watched as a young mom was pummeled for her choices.  A steady stream of other mothers came by the blog on which she had posted her story to inform her of how horrifyingly awful she was.  How heartbroken they were for her child.  How selfish and unloving she was.  How wrong she was going […]