Trina Holden 7 Minute Read When I got married I expected that, along with the emotional and physical oneness I was promised, I’d at last have that spiritual partnership I thought was a part of every good, Christian marriage. But as the weeks of the honeymoon and then the first years of our marriage swept by with wonderful harmony and joy, I felt something was missing…
Trina Holden 4 Minute Read Now I desire to encourage other young moms and moms-to-be to make the time to read certain titles before the squalls of full-time motherhood arrive. Get direction now, so that when the winds hit, you’re not scrambling through the rigging trying to figure out which rope to tighten…
Trina Holden 5 Minute Read I was 21 when I first read The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. My mind was blown as I began to see and understand my family members in light of their unique love style. The inexplicable bond I felt with my Dad? We had the same love language: Words of Affirmation. The distance I…
Trina Holden 4 Minute Read I had given up. I could not find space in my day for devotions, so I gave up trying, hoping it would lessen my shame. One final giving up, instead of a daily failure. Yes, I’d try to swallow that pill instead. I got days and then weeks beyond it and it was only a…
Trina Holden 2 Minute Read I just finished a book I started last October. From the outset, I knew this book (A Million Little Ways by Emily Freeman) was one I’d be reading slowly, to savor and internalize. For once I didn’t feel guilty that it took me over four months to read 200 pages. In fact, it felt so…
Trina Holden 4 Minute Read I’m a real foodie who loves her ‘slow food’ as fast as possible. I shovel food like a backhoe gulps dirt, and even wrote a book about making real food as fast as possible so you can get on with life. But in my hurry, I think I’ve missed something. In Tsh’s book, Notes from…
Trina Holden 4 Minute Read Have you ever cried after taking a personality test? I sobbed the last time I took one. I can laugh about it now, but at the time I was devastated. I’d spent several hours over-analyzing questions and doubtfully filling in blanks only to have the computer spit out a result that I knew, deep down,…
Trina Holden 5 Minute Read During my first years as a mother of young children, the spiritual discipline of spending time with God looked nothing like the hour-long, rich and satisfying devotions I enjoyed as a single woman. I struggled to rise early enough to read my Bible in peace, or to gather my thoughts enough to pray as I…
Trina Holden 3 Minute Read 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…
Trina Holden 3 Minute Read My first book was just a cookbook. Friends chide me when I seem to diminish my work with that little word ‘just’. They tell me it is more than a cookbook, that it is lovely, that it is not ‘just’ anything. But it remains in my mind just a cookbook — just a collection of recipes….
Trina Holden 3 Minute Read We’re celebrating Thanksgiving in Alabama. Even though we live in upstate New York. We will celebrate Christmas in New York, but without Grandma and Grandpa. They’ll be in Alabama. See, my husband’s family is managing two businesses right now — one in Alabama, one in New York. Someone needs to be present in both places,…
Trina Holden 4 Minute Read 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…
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