Beautiful Devotional #2: Stop beating yourself up!
Is there a mistake from your past or a struggle with your size, shape or style that overcomes your heart with embarrassment or regret? In my book, Enough Already: Winning Your Ugly Struggle with Beauty, I interviewed a friend and former stripper, named Allison*, whose...
The Waiting: What God teaches me while I wait for marriage by Tina Bryant
By Tina Bryant Once upon a time there was a man named Jesus. Jesus is a young handsome prince who saved me from many bad, unhealthy relationships. Seven years later he still romances me. We lived happily ever after. The End…. I wish it was that easy. Seven years ago,...
Emergency Underwear: How Did That Happen Again?!
It’s Monday morning, you can guarantee that I’m struggling. At any point between 6:30am and 10am, I’m a cross between a walking hot mess and an incoherent toddler. All I want on Monday morning is for the clock to rewind back to Friday. As I stumble through my...
The three ways that Frozen helped me reflect on 2014…
2014…Well, that went fast! It’s amazing how quickly 365 days pass by – especially the good days. Oh, how I wished some of those good days could have lasted a little longer. And the bad days…well, the bad days couldn’t end soon enough....
Sunnyside Up: Can anything positive come out of Kim Kardashian’s photo?
Recently, we all got to see Kim Kardashians’ tuckus. While it wasn’t the first time we saw Kim’s undressed girly goodies populating our Twitter or Facebook newsfeeds, it was still a BIG surprise! I’ve been thinking about what I should say about...
GIVEAWAY! ONE word to turn around your “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad” day?
How do you feel when other people celebrate the good things happening in their lives? Do you celebrate wholeheartedly with them or are you a teensy-bit envious because their lives always seem sunny-side up? Yesterday, I went to see the movie “Alexander and the...
What’s so hard about patience?
I struggle with patience. Not as much as I used to, but it stays on the top five of things I need to work on. So, I totally related to a hysterical video that I saw at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta last month. It’s called the “Marshmallow...
Get rid of Worry in just ONE step!
There are few movies that have transcended the generations. The “Wizard of Oz” is one of those movies. While my kids weren’t swept away with the same sense of awe that I experienced in my younger years, I could tell they enjoyed it just the same....
Smart Phones & Dumb People: What you are missing when you don’t look up…
I’m on my iPhone way too much. Yes, I admit it. My phone is always beeping, buzzing, ringing (kinda), dinging and it’s got me trained to look at it every time. A few weeks ago, I realized that it was time to get a handle on this issue. So, I decided to...
My Other 9/11 Memory…
Where were you on the morning of September 11, 2001? (How many times have we been asked that question?) We were all doing “morning things.” Breakfast. Coffee. Commute. Riding a bus to school. Watching PBS with your little ones on an actual television because there...
What I do on the first day of school and you should, too!
We still have one more week of summer vacation at Casa de Roose. However, many of you are bundling your offspring back to school this morning, so I want to share my back-to-school tradition with you: After the kids leave the house, I eat a bowl of ice cream. Yes, on...I’m so glad that you’re here!
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