A2Z Meme: I Used to Wish Life was Easy
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A2Z Meme: I Used to Wish Life was Easy

I’m a couple days late but moving forward with Patty Wysong’s weekly meme of going through the alphabet. This week? The Letter E. It was 1997 or 98.  I had a couple years of marriage under my belt and was overwhelmed by post partum blues with my firstborn. We were at a new church, reeling…

Do You Hear the Captain’s Call that Another Misfit is Leaving Barbie Island?
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Do You Hear the Captain’s Call that Another Misfit is Leaving Barbie Island?

I’ve mentioned a few times that I consider myself a Charlie-in-the-box with a home base called Misfit Island. This summer as I networked with other women for different social and ministry reasons I met a few people who were in agony and couldn’t pinpoint what was going on. I saw it immediately because five years…

Character Confession: The Blessed Infertility Patient Named Me
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Character Confession: The Blessed Infertility Patient Named Me

Tomorrow can range in several scenarios.  I remember as a kid riding down a country road seeing a woman pushing a lawnmower. She looked hot and tired and what I remember the most was who was watching—a man I guessed to be her husband.  As a child I thought why should she be doing that?…