December 29, 201529 Comments
I snapped this picture of the sunset last night and it occurred to me as I drove into one of the last sunsets of 2015…What if we just let the sun go down on all our mistakes this year? Our losses? The times we wanted so badly for the answer to be yes but it was no? The times we tried our hardest and still failed? The tears we cried, the friends we lost, the first … » Read More
March 9, 201519 Comments
So often when the answer is no, we assume God isn’t answering at all, that He’s ignoring us or being distant or has turned His back on us all together…but I would argue that those are the moments when God is the closest to us. The moments when He looks down at us lovingly as we present our request to Him and sees not just the small window that we see but the full, great … » Read More
May 21, 201343 Comments
“When you thought you’d be baking pie & living behind your very own white picket fence, you’ll find yourself doing something so entirely different, you couldn’t have even imagined it a year before. There will be moments when you’ll look around and not even recognize your own life…in a good way.” ~Kate Northrup
The other day I was leaving my usual post at Starbucks where I frequently write from when I spotted three young girls, probably … » Read More
May 13, 2013Comment
Quote of the Day: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ~Douglas Adams The Single Woman Says: It was the summer of 2010. One of the “little girls” I babysat for during my teenage years, Alli, was interning with my company that summer. She was a senior in college and … » Read More
November 27, 2011Comment
Quote of the Day: “Tomorrow’s another day, & I’m thirsty anyway…so bring on the rain.” ~Jo Dee Messina The Single Woman Says: They say that when it rains, it pours…and this weekend, the flood of random events in my life brought that old adage to life. First, my car broke down. My dad and I jumped it off, thinking it was just a fluke, and it … » Read More
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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.
