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Category Archives: girlfriends

Five Lessons from the Trenches

  I’m excited to be the connections columnist over at New Hope Digital.  I write about relationships  and this month I’m sharing five friendships lessons I learned in the trenches.  I’m learning to embrace friendships for the season God intends—and I’m learning to let go when the time is right or the relationship is wrong….

Being the New Girl …. AGAIN

  It seems odd to be on the outside — again.  I don’t know their names.  Everyone is nice and sweet, but they don’t know me and I don’t know them.  Here I am again Lord, praying for one friend in this fellowship — just one. I’m the girl who wrote the book on girlfriends…

Route 66 Road Trip – We Have Dates!

After much planning, lots of prayer, and more than one panic attack — I have finally laid out the plans and dates for the Route 66 Road Trip.   Actually, I can’t take the credit — Melinda Garman is my planning partner.  We’ve spent hours hashing over details, mapping out routes, locating the best (and…

See-Saw Friendships

  Have you ever balanced a see-saw? You shift your weight from one foot to the next to keep the board balanced.   It’s a struggle to find just the right spot to stand and once you’re there you have hold still.  No moving.  No shifting. No changing. You can also balance a see-saw with…

Stepping Out of the Toxic

  Recently I talked about Toxic Relationships – I was  saddened at the amount of email I got from women who’ve suffered through some tough relationship junk.   It’s like there’s an epidemic of bad girlfriend relationships — and we don’t know how to cure it.  Beyond that we don’t even want to talk about it. We’ll…