by Emily Wierenga | Feb 23, 2013 | bad week, blues, childloss, crying, daughter, depression, faith, miscarriage, motherhood, poo, prayer, sadness, shit, swearing
Tuesday was one of the hardest days I’ve ever experienced, as a mother.It was the kind of day that found me hunched over carpets, muttering and scrubbing, because my youngest son, whom I thought was potty-trained, decided he wasn’t anymore and pooped and... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 20, 2013 | ann voskamp, art, grief, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, Kelli Woodford, link-up, One Thousand Gifts, poetry, prose, redemption, sorrow
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays. This week’s prompt is JOY, and today’s guest post is written by our lovely Imperfect team member, Kelli Woodford.”Within the Everlast”The sun shone in my eyes that day last week when... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 19, 2013 | love, love life, prodigal magazine, romance, single, singleness, valentine's day
What if we were to trust even our love life to God? What would happen then?(won’t you follow me over HERE to Prodigal to read this post today, friends? and please, link up with us tomorrow at Imperfect Prose on Thursdays… the prompt is JOY.)Want some... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 17, 2013 | daughters, definition, faith, femininity, feminism, God, identity, marriage, relationship, self-esteem, self-worth, womanhood
**A video recording of this post can be found HERE.As a woman living in the 21st century I will live as though I have a thousand daughters, even though I have none, because every girl is my daughter and when she sees me, or engages with me, she’s looking to me... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 15, 2013 | always alleluia, book giveaway, faith, God, Holey, holy, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, Kris Camealy, Lent, prayer, refinement, Wholly
So, so honored to host my friend, Kris Camealy, here… Kris has written an amazing new book, Holey, Wholly, Holy, which she’s giving away below… “I didn’t know lent would kill me. Thank God for the dying.” ~Holey, Wholly, Holy: A...