by Emily Wierenga | Apr 29, 2013 | Amy Bowman, beauty, cancer, cancer journey, God, journal, mom in the mirror, motherhood, pain, prayer, radiation, The Love Dare, truth, womanhood
Journal of CancerApril 2011Radiation–Round 13 of 26I have come far. I have so much to be thankful for. There are many ups and downs. Today was a down, but I’ll get back up there.I was late for radiation today.It was a hard morning…I... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 8, 2013 | a dare to love yourself, adoption, children, Emily Wierenga, flower patch farmgirl, infertility, life-giver, mom in the mirror, pregnancy, shannan martin, The Love Dare, womanhood
Week after week we sat on the edge of the tiny sofa in the doctor’s office. Cory held my hand. We kept it light, willing success to float down from the drop-ceiling tiles and settle on us through the sheer force of our collective certainty. It was no big deal.... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 25, 2013 | a dare to love yourself, acceptance, alive, art, art journal, dreams, Elora Nicole Ramirez, Jesus, little girl, makeup, mom in the mirror, The Love Dare
I wrote a letter to my body once.It was something suggested to me by my therapist – something I never in a million years thought I’d be able to finish. It was a post written in the middle of as opposed to after the fact. I did not see... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 11, 2013 | body image, forgiveness, mom in the mirror, Preston Yancey, rape, relationship, security, self-esteem, self-love
It’s A Love Dare, friends. A dare to love ourselves, and we’re meeting every Monday to discuss what this looks like.Today I’ve invited my friend, Preston Yancey, to share his views on how we perceive our worth. In this post, Preston... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 4, 2013 | a dare to love yourself, a love dare, beauty, courage, daughters, identity, Jennifer Dukes Lee, mom in the mirror, photography, photos, self-esteem, womanhood
It’s A Love Dare, friends, a dare to love yourselves in all of your rawness. We’ll be doing this link-up every Monday, until Mother’s Day (when I’ll be releasing my new book, Mom in the Mirror). Today I’m welcoming journalist, author and... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 25, 2013 | a dare to love yourself, anne lamott, brennan manning, children, eating disorders, identity, link-up, mom in the mirror, motherhood, nutrition, self-love
We sat across the table from each other, and there were thin girls walking in and out, and the smell of coffee and the young girl was twisting her hands.She was telling me she enjoyed food. That she was looking forward to being released from the Eating Disorder Unit...