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The Day I Realized I Had a Drinking Problem

by Emily Wierenga | Sep 10, 2013 | alcohol, alcoholism, drinking, gluttony, prodigal magazine, sin, wine

I used to have a glass of wine most evenings to unwind. I did it for years. My husband makes wine and beer so it’s as available as water and a heck of a lot tastier and it was only ever one or two glasses at the most.Yet I realized, recently, that I had a...

Imperfect Prose Link-Up: The last shall be first (and other lessons my preschooler has taught me)

by Emily Wierenga | Jul 3, 2013 | #imperfectprose, chocolate, faith, Jesus, lessons, motherhood, patience, preschooler, wine

she has contributed out of her lackand her want,putting in all that she had on which to live.(Luke 21: 4)I’m on my second glass of red for the night, and I’m eating chocolate. The kids are all medicated and in bed and Trent is fixed up with a honey and...

a note to women: it is not a sin to love yourselves

by Emily Wierenga | Oct 15, 2012 | beauty, children, girl, grace, husband, kindness, love, marriage, mirror, motherhood, self-love, sin, wine, womanhood

the other night we had pudding. or rather, it had us, all covered and sticky and delicious, and we wondered about insisting on spoons. but then we remembered that sometimes grace feels like fingers covered in dessert.and i’m learning this for myself, as a...

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