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Shiva
*Sharing an essay from the archives on a tender anniversary. Today I need to go to the grocery store because the carrots I added to my cart fourteen…
Hillary M.
Mar 6
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Velveteen Grace
I was nine years old when I started wearing a bra. A girl at church gave me her hand-me-downs, and I was so excited to wear them, because I thought they…
Hillary M.
Mar 3
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January 2023
Orphaned Believers by Sara Billups: A Critic's Review
There is a man I met in person once, a writer I loved. He wrote things that would bring on the closed eyes, the quick, soft groan of ugh, yes. Perfect…
Hillary M.
Jan 30
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Ex-Mystic Mama: A Story of Deconstruction
“We are wandering, yet we are loved.” As a mystic, I clung to these words by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I called her book, “Women Who Run With the Wolves…
Hillary M.
Jan 23
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Psalm 37
“Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.” I’ve been tucked into Psalm 37 lately and it’s been watering the depths of my whole being. (It’s a…
Hillary M.
Jan 5
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December 2022
Create Anyway by Ashlee Gadd
“Both motherhood and creativity have taught me to be brave, to relentlessly seek beauty and joy among the mundane, to notice the remarkable grace…
Hillary M.
Dec 10, 2022
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November 2022
Lord Knows All Chubby Girls Want to be Thin
I first discovered the wild wonder that is Alanis Morissette when I was a small-town homeschool girl with big dreams and big tears, deep love and…
Hillary M.
Nov 24, 2022
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Lord Knows All Chubby Girls Want to be Thin
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October 2022
Healing Doesn't Come With a Warning Label
All parents know that the failing and the flailing, the wrestling and the weeping, are part of growing up. If you lived with me in my house you'd find…
Hillary M.
Oct 20, 2022
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Healing Doesn't Come With a Warning Label
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The Tenderness of Being Human
“Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace?” —Clarissa Pinkola Estes Didn't…
Hillary M.
Oct 12, 2022
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January 2022
A Quiet, Beautiful Life
I am so drawn to the humble, whether it is found within a living soul or in art. There is a grace to humility that I long to emulate in myself, and a…
Hillary M.
Jan 22, 2022
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December 2020
Presence and Purpose
I've been prompted recently to evaluate why I'm on social media. As a new mumma, my time is so fleeting now. One could say I'm behind on responding to…
Hillary M.
Dec 19, 2020
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This Temple. This Body. This Home.
“Autumn comes quietly to wed the countryside. The maples all down the lane blush and silently disrobe. I make beds, smooth out sheets.”—Ann Voskamp…
Hillary M.
Dec 2, 2020
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