November 3, 2018Comment
Day 3: In Chapter One of You Are Enough, I talk about how sometimes it takes losing yourself to find yourself. Share a time you felt lost, and how you got “found.”
I’ve lost my way A LOT over the years. I’ve documented a lot of my lost seasons right here on my blog and in my books. But I want to go back to a very special season of “lost-ness” that without which, there wouldn’t even … » Read More
April 4, 20176 Comments
Welp, it’s been a hot minute, y’all.
Almost four months, to be exact.
A lot of you have asked me where I’ve been. Why I haven’t been writing. Why I haven’t been posting on social media as much.
The truth is…I needed a little sabbatical. A short season away from the written word. Away from being “The Single Woman.” Away from pithy, 140-character soundbites.
I needed to just be Mandy for a little bit. Actually, I needed to figure … » Read More
September 9, 201642 Comments
I’ve always been a sucker for a romantic comedy. Or a romantic dramedy. Or really a romantic movie of any kind. From a very young age, I was mesmerized by motion pictures, but particularly ones that dealt with matters of the heart. In 5th grade, my teacher would turn on Gone With the Wind every day during snack time, and though we only got to watch it for about 15 minutes a day (which meant … » Read More
March 5, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.” ~Brene Brown The Single Woman Says: Here’s what I’m learning: None of us have “arrived.” I was emailing with a friend yesterday who is experiencing some struggles and growing pains and uncertainties in her life right now, and I assured her that it didn’t make her weird, … » Read More
January 24, 2012Comment
“I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn’t know you had inside you. And it doesn’t matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends…you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how … » 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.
