conversations between sisters in Christ
Is the pursuit of beauty worth of our time? I asked myself this question awhile back because I was honestly wondering if creating and celebrating beauty was a valid thing to add to the list of all the tasks I must accomplish daily as a mother of three (soon to be four) small children. Truly [...]
Do you have insecurities about your body? If you answered “no,” you’re in the minority among American women. If you answered “yes,” you’ll probably want to read Annie Downs’ book, Perfectly Unique. Not content with talking about areas of insecurity and trying to make us feel better about our bodies, Annie goes straight for the [...]
A recent afternoon found me reviewing my list of 13 projects to complete and hating the list because I knew they were impossible while still nurturing that deep desire for perfection. The final straw came when I spilled coffee down my favorite shirt and snapped at my husband for not grabbing a towel as quickly [...]
“You have such beautiful hair.” I dip my head and laugh softly. “Oh, this is my rainy-day ‘do.” The memory of her wide smile and genuine compliment rang in my ears for the rest of the day. She meant it. I knew she did. But I struggled to believe it because, instead of cascading curls, [...]
It’s that time of year — both the weather and style gurus demand it: a thorough closet-cleanse and at least a few new outfits and accessories to welcome the new season. But so often my budget and my scruples keep me from wholeheartedly embracing a revamp of my wardrobe with each new season. Even if [...]
As a child, I looked ahead to certain ages. Ten was special: double digits at last! Thirteen would make me a teenager. Sixteen would be sweet, seventeen even more delightful, and eighteen: downright grown-up. Remember Susan in the Narnia books? “She was always a jolly sight too keen on being grown-up.” “Grown-up indeed,” said the [...]
The blogosphere has been full of letters to our teenage selves this past week, in celebration of Emily Freeman’s new book Graceful (For Young Women): Letting Go of Your Try-Hard Life. And it was quite a trip down memory lane for some of the writers here at YLCF who decided to join in. We’ve collected some excerpts for you [...]
She looks at her hands, twisting, untwisting, fingers chasing fingers. Now she looks at the ceiling. Now her hands. Twist. Untwist. Twist. All the while she’s saying it, getting it out there: Sometimes I feel like I’m not very beautiful.
Life is beautiful only because it’s a reflection of our precious Lord Jesus…
