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We’re pregnant! Our pregnancy announcement to our family was at my dad’s 70th birthday party (and on Grandparents’ Day, no less!). One of the first things Adam and I talked about on our first date was how much our families mean to us and how important it was to each of us that we wanted …

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Candlelight dinner on the beach, snorkeling in the Dominican Republic, swimming with dolphins, trampoline beach aerobics, my favorite foods of the week, marriage lessons learned already, and this week’s healthy meal plan. Every week, I make time to connect with the most important people in my life. I have small group, weekly family dinner, Monday …

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This year for Mother’s Day, instead of just searching Pinterest and Amazon for “Mother’s Day gift ideas”, I started thinking about my mom and what her love language is (if you haven’t read The 5 Love Languages book, you should! It’s amazing!). A love language is all about recognizing how the person best receives love (which …

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Engagement photos (eek!), walkin’ on sunshine, caramel birthday cake, and family time. Every week, I make time to connect with the most important people in my life. I have small group, weekly family dinner, Monday phone dates with my best friend, and Skype dates with my prayer partner. Which is why I want to have …

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“I’m in love, I’m in love, and I don’t care who knows it!” <- The Elf quote that has gone through my mind about a million times this week. After a whirlwind week of Christmas festivities, getting a terrible stomach bug, and celebrating my 31st birthday, Adam proposed (spoiler: I said yes) and made this …

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Use this ultimate guide to Bible verses for your weight loss journey for Scriptures on emotional eating, temptation, gluttony, & more! When people ask me about how I lost 100 pounds, they are almost always expecting me to answer with some miracle diet or workout plan. The truth is, one of the most powerful things …

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You’re fat. You have stretch marks and you haven’t even had kids yet. Your body is too lumpy. Your hair is too frizzy. You’re not fashionable enough. You would look disgusting in a bikini. Nobody will ever fall in love with you, because a man will never find you beautiful. Those were the lies that filled …

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As a Christian woman, I felt stripped of my identity after my divorce, not even knowing how I liked my eggs cooked. Here’s how I found myself again. Have you seen Runaway Bride? Maggie is a woman who has been in quite a few relationships and in each and every one, she eats her eggs …

Read More about How Do You Like Your Eggs? Finding Yourself Again After Divorce

Right now, I feel like my identity has been stripped, changing the “us” to just “me”. This is how I’m surviving the first days after my divorce.  I’m currently in a time of identity reconstruction. For the past 6 years, I’ve been a wife. Daniel’s wife, in particular. And for the year before that, I …

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