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Posted on November 30, 2017November 30, 2017

hope on the rise.

As soon as the Christmas tree goes up every year, my morning routine shifts. All I want to do is pour a cup of coffee & linger in front of it, taking in the silence of the morning & the softness of its glow (team white lights FOREVER, you guys). I can see those little …

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Posted on May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

What I’m Reading: 2017 part one.

This year, I rediscovered the library. I've loved to read since I was three. (I know, the nerd in me showed up early & has been going strong ever since.) If I close my eyes, I can still picture the library in my hometown neighborhood, can still smell that well-read paper & feel that calming …

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Posted on April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

on taking deep breaths.

Tonight, I'm crashing into bed proud of myself. Over the past three weeks, I've pushed myself harder than I can remember. I took on three new clients in an already insane season. I worked a lot of 12+ hour days - and still went to bed on time. I took care of my body. Today, I …

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Posted on March 13, 2017

#makeMondaykind: An Introduction

Last week's giveaway was so much fun for me - not just because I got to share some of my favorite products with y'all (congrats to Lauren from Texas for winning!), but because I saw you guys get on board. You're ready to share kindness & kick start your week with a dose of encouragement. …

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Posted on March 6, 2017

The #makeMondaykind Giveaway!

It's my birthday week, but I want to give some things I love to YOU. So here we go - the very first #makeMondaykind giveaway! (To learn more about #makeMondaykind, click here.) The winner will receive: 1️⃣ Two copies of Darling Magazine No. 18 - one for you to keep, one for you to make Monday …

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Posted on December 24, 2016December 24, 2016

Something Worth Rejoicing Over

“A thrill of hope; the weary world rejoices. For yonder breaks a new & glorious morn.” O Holy Night has always been my favorite Christmas song, & I've always held that lyric close. But this year, it hits new depths in my soul. Because this year, more than ever before, I’m weary. I’m weary of opinions …

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Posted on September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

The Year I Stopped Trying to Control People

2016 will go down as the year I stopped trying to control people. Not that I was successfully controlling them before. But I tried. Wow, did I try. My soul still has some scars that prove it — on their way to healed, but still visible if you look hard enough. I think my heart …

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I tried on these overalls in August, fell in love with them on sight, and then promised myself I’d wait until the inevitable sale — one small rebellion against the culture of immediacy. I didn’t know it at the time, but as I refreshed the Anthropologie website, Jesus was leading me into uncharted territory. Last month, I had scheduled a long overdue hair appointment. But then, a phone call from family changed my plans, and I found myself on a plane to South Carolina instead. Weirdly, back to the city in which I spotted the overalls. I didn’t have them in hand. I had to cancel my appointment. A year ago, I would have been frustrated over both of these things. Not even because they’re deeply important, but because I was deeply impatient. Fast forward: three months later, the overalls DID go on sale. And yesterday, I wore them to my hair appointment. Waiting for both these things made me more grateful for them, to be sure. But if this post was all just about waiting for sales and rescheduling appointments, it wouldn’t make for a very meaningful story. But waiting for sales and highlights has shifted my heart as summer’s turned to winter. My soul feels settled in a way it didn’t before. Peace is meeting me here, with overall straps on my shoulders and fresh highlights in my hair and a heart full of much bigger, much weightier hopes. But here’s the thing: I’m attuned to waiting now. Saying no to immediacy has given me peace I couldn’t have anticipated. Trusting God’s timing isn’t possible without trusting in His heart. But these days, I trust it more than I’ve ever trusted anything. It might be winter, but I’m already seeing the seeds of some of my deepest hopes poking through the dirt. He’s been good, and He’ll keep being good — it’s just who He is. That’s why, even in the waiting, contentment is the song I’ll sing over big and little hopes alike.
Before these girls showed up, I didn’t know friendship could feel this much like family. People who meet us now don’t know about the lonely years. But gosh, we all had them - living in a city with lots to do and no one to do it with, with a hundred new contacts in our phones but no eat-pizza-and-cry-on-the-couch friends, which is the kind everyone really needs. Being in a new city is hard. Being in the same city, but in a new season, might be even harder. If you’re feeling the weight of loneliness on this random Tuesday, keep showing up. I know it’s hard - but keep saying yes to coffee dates and drinks after work and house parties and lunch after church. And if you’re not getting invited to those things, create things, and invite people to them. Some of those friendships won’t go anywhere, of course. Not every person you meet is your person. But one day, you might host a party in your living room and walk away with people you want to hold on to for life. That’s what happened here. And I’m grateful every stinkin’ day. We might be all over the map these days, but they will always feel like home.
Can confirm.
Living in that weird space where a lot’s going on in my world, but none of it feels like it’s meant to be posted online. ⠀⠀ I think formational seasons are like this, sometimes - meant to be held close to the chest, shared in living rooms and coffee shops instead of in stories and captions. When things are shifting, whether that’s really hard or really wonderful (or, in this case, both), I’m finding that it’s good to focus less on sharing life here and more on living it, out there, flesh and blood. ⠀⠀ This is not an apology post. I’m spending less time online, but I’m certainly not sorry about it. I’ve been knee deep in my own life, creating new things and sifting through family shifts and working really hard and talking to Jesus out loud and sitting down at tables with people I like a lot. The weird precedent of reporting our days on the internet is not one I want to buy into - and if you don’t either, here’s your permission slip to check right out. You don’t owe the internet anything. And it’ll be right here when you feel like coming back. ✨
T MINUS ONE WEEK UNTIL THE HUELS WEDDING, PEOPLE. Can’t wait to watch my best gal marry her best guy. Please send dancing shoes and tissues. We’re gonna need both.
Hey, you. Let’s have a little talk about why we post. Here’s the thing: your people are not the people you have to chase down. Especially not on social media. Posting curated little snapshots hoping that someone will notice — that’s pretty taxing, on your time and on your soul. Be here because you want to be here. Be here because you have words you’re bursting to share. Be here because getting creative online fuels you to create good stuff offline. Be here because the sunrise was gorgeous this morning and you want us to see it, too. Don’t show up hoping that your ex checks in to see that you’re doing well, or that this will finally be the post that goes viral, or that your social media hero will notice how great your content is, or that your crush will slide into your DMs. Sometimes, we post just to prove that we measure up. That’s a whole lot of pressure for these little squares, you know. Life’s too rich and too wild and too good to waste it playing social media games. I’m preaching to you AND to me when I say — stop placing your hope in the wrong stuff. You’re already worth whatever you’re trying to prove.
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