I’ve been reading Kristen Clark and Bethany Baird’s blog, Girl Defined, for a few years now. When I heard that Kristen and Bethany were writing a new book called Love Defined, I was interested to see what they would say in it. I often find myself agreeing with about 85% of what they post on their blog; I think they are a little bit more conservative than I am when it comes to some things. So I was curious to see what I… Read more »
Wait. What? I tightened my grip on the notebook paper and reread the sentence: “Then my parents told us that we were moving- to Bentonville, Arkansas.” No, no, no! I kept reading Michaela’s letter, feeling numb inside. After the fifth read through, the knowledge that my best friend would be moving hours away finally sunk in. I clutched her letter in my hand, laid down on my side, and started to sob. I couldn’t imagine my life without Michaela. I… Read more »
I am quite passionate about the fact that we cannot earn our purity. I’ll explain all of that in a moment, but first I need to rewind and provide a bit of a backstory into my childhood. When I was 7, I became a Christian. I didn’t fully understand what that meant yet, just that Jesus had forgiven me for the wrong things I had done and that He would give me life in Heaven when I die. As I… Read more »
The following is a guest post by one of my dearest friends, Bonnie Last November, I decided that I desperately needed to take a break from social media. Most especially, I really needed a break from Instagram. I wouldn’t say goodbye to it forever, but just for enough time for me to get away from it mentally, literally and generally. Social media had become toxic to me. Whenever I think about last semester, I always think of Instagram as being… Read more »
Last November I read the book Dating Detox: 40 Days of Perfecting Love In An Imperfect World by Kevin and Lisa Cotter. The book is meant to be read in small spirts every day for forty days… I sped through it in one sitting LOL! After reading the book, I texted the friend who had loaned the book to me, telling her how much I liked it! I then had a crazy idea: What if I did something similar- a 40… Read more »
“Is praying for my crush to like me okay?” -I have heard that question so many times I’ve lost count. Each time I hear that question, my heart longs for me to be able to take the girl asking the question out for coffee. I want to be able to sit down with her, look into her eyes, and hear her story. To hear about the crush. To know why she likes him. Then, when she asks, “Is it okay… Read more »
