by Emily Wierenga | Aug 7, 2013 | children, Deanne Moore, hope, labor, midwifery, miscarriage, pregnancy, stillbirth, womanhood, women
I’m away this week, taking a break from blogging to spend time with family. It’s my great pleasure to introduce Deanne Moore, one of the sweetest, most humble women I have had the privilege of meeting online. She has a poetic heart and a gift for... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 29, 2013 | #KateMiddleton, #mummytummy, #royalbaby, #RoyalCouple, anne lamott, Duchess, mom in the mirror, postpartum, pregnancy, royalty, womanhood
Dear Kate,I’ve always liked you.From the moment you stepped onto Canada’s turf and laughed with your whole face and held the hearts of our people, I’ve liked you.But never more than this past week when you emerged from the hospital with a brand-new... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 22, 2013 | Biblical womanhood, church, faith, fat, love, lust, modesty, objects, Purity Culture, shame, thin, womanhood
I’m thin. But I feel fat in a swimsuit. I feel very fleshy and obvious in a swimsuit. I can’t pretend away my curves. I can’t pretend away my stretch marks or my flat chest or the scar where I burned my calf on a scooter. I can’t hide and that’s hard for me. I... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 7, 2013 | gender roles, God's image, manhood, womanhood
Dear Sons,You are three and a half and one and a half. You’re covered in Popsicles, grape and orange and you’re riding bikes up and down the deck and laughing at the robins hopping across the lawn.You stop and you look at me, my oldest, and you tell me... by Emily Wierenga | May 14, 2013 | calories, cosmetics industry, identity, makeup, marriage, stomach, womanhood
So this bruised girl becomes a confused adolescent, becomes a paranoid woman trying to appease society, knowing all the while she was made for more. More than sucking in her stomach and counting calories and worrying about how her butt looks in a pair of... 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...