Blessing your family with your imperfections

Posted by on Oct 9, 2012 in Adventures in Motherhood, Authenticity, Failure, family, Gardening, kiddos, kiddos Adventures in Motherhood, Learning, Lessons, Parenting, perfection, perspective, Urban Homesteading | 0 comments

Blessing your family with your imperfections

Pin ItAs a recovering perfectionist, I’ve had to let go of the need for everything to be just perfect. If you’ve followed my gardening journey, you’d know that I’ve allowed myself to do a lot of it imperfectly. And if you’re not a gardener, that’s okay… because so much of what I’ve learned can be applied to you as well. Pin...

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ACFW Healing

Posted by on Sep 25, 2012 in ACFW Conference, Authenticity, Thanksgiving, Writing | 3 comments

ACFW Healing

My friend Gina has the tradition of giving a word to describe ACFW, and hers this year was connection. Which I loved, because I think it definitely played in to a lot of things I experienced. But I think, for me, the word wasn’t connection, but healing. When I attended ACFW for the first time in 2007, it was at the urging of some good friends. I went, and in some ways, had a good time, but...

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