Dash of Sass: Be Who You Really Are

Today I hereby give you permission to feel exactly how you are feeling without apologizing or stifling or excusing or resisting. I give you permission to drop the politeness and the masks and the sugar-coating and just be REAL. To stop wasting time justifying and rationalizing and analyzing and just say what you mean and mean what you say. To accept yourself in all your brave, broken beauty and to stop trying to pick up » Read More

Make Friends with Your Singleness: A Lesson in Grace from the GE Ideas Monster

I’ve been haunted by the General Electric “Ideas Monster” since I first saw him (her?) in a commercial a few months ago. If you haven’t seen this commercial and you have no idea what I’m talking about, click here. (You really need to see it before you read the rest of the blog.)

The commercial has stuck with me so powerfully, I can’t seem to shake it. Today I started wondering why. So I watched the » Read More

The People Who Sit Next to Me in Coffee Shops, Vol. 1: The Sleeping Lady

Quotes of the Day:
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. ~Robert J. Sawyer
Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? ~David Baldacci
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Single Woman Says:
Almost every day I come to the coffee shop to work, not always the same coffee shop (always » Read More

The Single Woman’s Dash of Sass: Why the Most Beautiful Flowers Have Cracked Pots!

Quote of the Day: God’s light shines greater through “cracked pots” than it does through those who have it all together. ~Joyce Meyer The Single Woman Says: I’m messy. Disorganized. I turn into a control freak at times, and I don’t like doing anything without making a plan first. I watch WAY too much Netflix. I eat peanut butter straight from the jar. I get passionate about stuff that I believe in…so » Read More

The Single Woman’s Dash of Sass: Better to Be a Nerd Than One of the Herd!

Quote of the Day: “Celebrate being a dork. Dorks change the world and end up being pretty damn cool.” ~@TheDailyLove The Single Woman Says: I am nothing if not a dork. Don’t let the stilettos and makeup fool you…underneath it all beats the heart of a dork. I’m a massive bookworm. I love to read. I am happiest when I am surrounded by books. I will never » Read More

Something wonderful is on the horizon
Life doesn’t always look the way we want it to look. In Mandy’s upcoming book, Turn Toward the Sun: Releasing What If and Embracing What Is, you’ll find encouragement to live in the moment, sit with your experiences, and trust God with the unknown.
Preorder from Baker Book House for 40% off and free shipping!*
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Something wonderful is on the horizon
Turn Toward the Sun CoverLife doesn’t always look the way we want it to look. In Mandy’s upcoming book, Turn Toward the Sun: Releasing What If and Embracing What Is, you’ll find encouragement to live in the moment, sit with your experiences, and trust God with the unknown.
Preorder from Baker Book House for 40% off and free shipping!*
*US shipping only