by Emily Wierenga | Dec 13, 2013 | anorexia, dieting, eating disorders, food, hollywood, hunger, Jennifer Lawrence, letter, starving, The Hunger Games, womanhood
Dear Jennifer Lawrence,Thank you. For eating.For being Hollywood’s Mockingjay. For being a symbol of the rebellion against anorexia and eating disorders. For putting an end to Hollywood’s “Hunger Games”.You’re not the stereotypical... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 4, 2013 | daughter, eating disorder, faith, identity, Jesus, name, womanhood
My coffee is cold. I sit at the kitchen table with my Bible, overlooking the deck and the barren branch of winter, the boys watching a show in their onesie pajamas. It’s winter, and the days are short and I miss the light. But when the sun shines on the... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 24, 2013 | bible, children, church, faith, family, feminism, Jesus, manhood, men, patriarchy, servanthood, single mothers, womanhood
The little girl was crying.She’d been sitting beside her grandma in church but when she turned sad her grandfather scooped her up, a big burly man who barely fit in the pew, and he held her so tender and she leaned her head against his chest and I broke, right... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 9, 2013 | #ChristmasComeEarly, art, canvaschild, comparison, esteem, free, free e-book, gift, giveaway, identity, jealousy, paintings, poetry, self-doubt, self-worth, womanhood
A gift for you… It’s #ChristmasComeEarly! Read on to find out how it’s yours…It happens every time I leave a friend’s house, or a party, or a Bible study.It happens every time I trip on a sidewalk, or forget the diaper bag for my toddler,... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 28, 2013 | #imperfectprose, community, counseling, friendship, mentor, prayer, womanhood, women
God gave me a vision of her. I saw a woman who wore scarves and laughed a lot. And then she connected with me over Facebook, this counselor whom I’d met years earlier at a conference, and she asked me to write a book with her for wounded daughters, and I ended up... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 14, 2013 | #imperfectprose, envy, hope, jealousy, loss, miscarriage, mourning, pregnancy, rejoicing, womanhood
She’s my youngest sister and I’m standing in her house in Calgary, one of the homes that didn’t get flooded and we’re making pizza. I’ve pulled and prodded the dough and she’s slathering spaghetti sauce and shaved mozzarella cheese.We were pregnant at the same time,...