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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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Never been more grateful for the raw, honest, would-show-up-anywhere-anytime, fiercely-on-your-team kind of friends. Gonna spend every possible second of this year squished between some really good ones. 💛
Cheers to year 26. To more sunny days that lead to more freckled grins like this. Bring on the adventuring. To leaving behind wild, mad love for a love that’s steady and secure and kind. I’ll know that love when I see it. To feeling comfortable, both in my skin and in my soul. I’ve never known joy like enjoying my own company. Loving yourself is important, but liking yourself is highly underrated, too. To treasuring friendship with ferocity. I’ve never been more grateful for the people by my side, and I’m holding tight to ‘em for whatever the next 365 brings. To giving a damn about things that really matter, and paying no mind to things that don’t. To loving Jesus & looking like Him, and leaving everything else in the dust. To writing, on sticky notes and across journal pages and on the internet. Painting the town with words will forever be my favorite hobby. To knowing when to chase a wild notion and when to settle down, and the bravery to do them both. And to arriving at 27 both softer and bolder, kinder and fiercer. Happy birthday, me. I really like who you’re becoming.
“Even when the things you hope for take longer than expected, you are still growing in the way you were meant to. Your life has not been wasted.” ———————————————————————— The other day, these words from @morganharpernichols slammed right into my heart and wouldn’t let go. So many of us are hoping for things that haven’t come to fruition. Dreams that haven’t seen the right day dawn yet. Plans and relationships that fell together, then apart. It hurts. And sometimes, it makes us slow to hope and afraid to dream. If you need to hear it today, remember this: nothing is wasted in the economy of God. No misstep, no mistake, no pain, no season of waiting. ALL THINGS FOR GOOD - that’s what’s on the horizon. He can give us good things because He is filled the brim with goodness. I know too many people who don’t believe in the good things coming anymore. If that’s you, I’m calling you out against that thinking right now. You have permission to hope wildly, to stop reining in your dreams, to stop waiting for the shoe to drop, to trust that joy and lightness and good things are up ahead. This is not a happy-clappy, “Jesus will give you everything you want” post. I’m not here for that prosperity gospel crap. But I believe in my bones that He wants good for you, and He is all powerful, so you will get good. Maybe not every little wish and want, but all the good your soul NEEDS. If and when those dreams don’t come true by the timeline you’ve set, it’s okay to be sad, to get mad, to take a beat. But don’t let it steal one drop of worthiness from you. You are more than a timeline. And don’t give up on hope. Good things ahead, my friend. I believe it for me, and I believe it for you.
Meeting people you know from TV is a weird concept, I’ll admit. But as it turns out, this guy can drink Capri Funs, handle crazy moments with kindness, & belt classic country with the best of ‘em - and that’s a genuinely good hang in my book, @balockaye.h. Swipe right to see who got my rose, though 😂 #uterusesbeforeduderuses
My new favorite Nashville couple: @kettnercoffeesupply + @thebookshopnashville. These two becoming next door neighbors is a total dream. I spent a lot of last year at home. Largely because in 2017, my first full year of freelance writing, I spent a lot of time (read: too much of my money) in coffee shops & cafés. I thought I had to be seen in the coolest places to be known as one of the coolest writers. (Lol. Bye girl.) In 2018, the pendulum swung the other way. I thought I had to stay home & work hard at all times if I was going to be a serious writer - and I did. I worked too much, if we’re honest. I didn’t realize it at the time, but solitary confinement wasn’t great for my soul. In 2019, I’m just trying to find the balance. I want to explore my city again, to be inspired by the beautiful spaces here, to smile at strangers and sip great coffee. I also want to embrace the days of messy hair and sweatpants, writing and pitching and editing at home. Most of all, I want to be okay with stepping “out of the office,” even when my office is anywhere. This afternoon, I bought a book and a flat white and I didn’t check my work email once. Freelancers, our jobs are weird to the outside world. Someone might look at us, reading on a Thursday at 2pm, and assume laziness. Let ‘em. They don’t know that we cracked open our laptop at 6am. They don’t see the Saturday editing or the late-night great idea we chased. If you’re a freelancer who works from 9-5, that’s amazing. You do you. But if you chose a flexible job so that you could live a flexible life, stop shaming yourself for it. An afternoon off might be just what you need, and your inbox will be fine without you until you get back. 💛
The world will tell you that it’s important to know what you want: from love, from work, from life. My take? The world’s got it pretty wrong. Sometimes the job of your dreams turns out to be the job of your nightmares. Sometimes plans fall apart. Sometimes you meet a great person in the season your heart is most noncommittal. And almost always, you’re sure of what you want, only to look back three years (or three days) and realize you were dead wrong. We’re all in flux, so give yourself grace for that. There’s no place for shame in dreaming and getting healthy and setting goals and working hard and falling in love. Life’s not black and white, and your path doesn’t have to be either. There is no “do not pass go, do not collect $200” — there is only muddling our way through the best moments and the worst moments as well as we can. Sometimes, we make our own lives too heavy to carry. You don’t have to wait for permission to drop that weight if your arms are tired today. Grace means you’re free not to know the answers to life’s great questions just yet.
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