June 20, 2012Comment
Quotes of the Day: “Lots of things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You’re aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can’t be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn’t be.” ~ C. JoyBell C. “Even on my weakest day, I get a little bit … » Read More
May 14, 2012CommentQuotes of the Day: “Sometimes it takes aloneness to learn that anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” ~David Whyte “There’s an awful lot you learn about yourself when you’re alone.” ~Kate Bush “I restore myself when I’m alone.” ~Marilyn Monroe The Single Woman Says: I was recently talking with a girlfriend about her fear of being alone. ..and it wasn’t a unique … » 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
April 24, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert The Single Woman Says: This week we are celebrating “National Princess Week” by getting in touch with our inner princess. I think a major bit of confusion we have to clear up is thinking that part of being a princess is being rescued by … » Read More
February 27, 2012Comment
Quote of the Day: “I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.” ~Theodore Isaac Rubin The Single Woman Says: Something I’m learning lately is that it’s OKAY to just be … » Read More
October 31, 2010Comment
On October 1st, I embarked upon a journey that was completely my own. A solo journey that required no co-pilot. A 30-day commitment to me, myself, and I; designed to cleanse myself of the residue from relationships past and to journey to the center of myself to a place of peace that could only be found by entering alone. I made the decision to do Mastin Kipp’s (The Daily Love) 30-day Love Cleanse, the admission … » Read More
August 30, 20104 Comments
I’m always surprised (and sometimes a little horrified) at some of the comments I get on my Twitter page, mostly from men, mostly asking me: “If you know so much, why are you still single?” It doesn’t always come in the form of a question. Sometimes it comes more in the form of an accusatory comment: “THAT’S why you’re still single!” or, “You must be (insert derogatory insult here) – and THAT’S why you don’t … » Read More
August 30, 20107 CommentsI’m always surprised (and sometimes a little horrified) at some of the comments I get on my Twitter page, mostly from men, mostly asking me: “If you know so much, why are you still single?” It doesn’t always come in the form of a question. Sometimes it comes more in the form of an accusatory comment: “THAT’S why you’re still single!” or, “You must be (insert derogatory insult here) – and THAT’S why you don’t … » Read More
August 24, 20101 Comment
Do you ever wonder…if you were to change one little tiny detail about your day…how your life might be different? Show up a few minutes early instead of a few minutes late. Take a different route. Shop at a store you’ve never shopped at. Call someone you haven’t spoken to in a long time. Say hello to someone you don’t know. How would all of these things change the life you are leading now? And … » Read More
August 13, 2010Comment
As little girls growing up playing with dolls and Easy-Bake Ovens and pushing our fake grocery carts around and carrying our fake purses, it’s pretty much drilled into our heads from Day 1 that the pentacle of a woman’s life is marriage, and kids, and carpools, and a white picket fence. We marry off our Barbies to our Kens at 5, marry off ourselves to our first boyfriends on the playground at age 10, and … » 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.
