June 9, 201619 Comments
I attended the CMT Awards last night for the first time in several years…only the second time I had attended since I lost my dream job at CMT in my mid-20’s. (That full story is in my second book, I’ve Never Been to Vegas But My Luggage Has, which just happens to be $1.99 on Kindle & Nook right now). Once upon a time I interviewed celebrities on the red carpet at those awards, a … » Read More
June 9, 20136 Comments
Quote of the Day: Some of us aren’t meant to belong. Some of us have to turn the world upside down and shake the heck out of it until we make our own place in it. ~Elizabeth Lowell Sometimes you have to wander around until you find where you really belong. ~Rachel Gibson The Single Woman Says: Do you ever feel like you just don’t quite…FIT? … » Read More
August 1, 2012CommentQuote of the Day: “God dances with the outcast.” ~Steven James The Single Woman Says: For my entire life, I have been drawn to the outcasts. The people who society rejects. Those who the “majority” ignore. The unloved, the unwanted, the undesired. When we were growing up, my sister and I brought home stray kitties and puppies that had missing fur, broken limbs…in one … » Read More
April 30, 20121 CommentQuote of the Day: “There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me, damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me… or leave me. Accept me – or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I … » Read More
January 9, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit.” ~Lewis Lapham The Single Woman Says: In various stages of my life, I’ve come up against people who, because I preferred to march to the beat of my own drummer, tried their best to keep me out of the band. In 8th grade, when I ecstatically made the cheerleading squad for … » 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.
