Acceptance – Red Tent Living

Courage and Grace

By: redtentwomen August 26, 2022August 11, 2022

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAcceptance, Gender Identity, Tina Huey3 Comments

I wake up most mornings at 5:30am, journal, read, and enjoy a cup of tea. An hour later, I’m making sure our youngest is awake and preparing for his morning run. He meets his running group and I start my 4-5 mile walk. My days are filled with household chores, lunch with my husband, writing,…

Tight Rope

By: redtentwomen August 19, 2022July 31, 2022

Monthly Themes, WarriorAcceptance, belonging, Grace Brindle, JudgmentLeave a Comment

Belonging In the balance. When you stand On a tight rope, You belong nowhere. Not the right. Not to the left. Certainly not the middle. To be accepted. To be loved.

The Love Chase

By: redtentwomen June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

Faith, Monthly ThemesAcceptance, Faith, God's Love, Jesus, Love, Natasha Stevens, Self Love4 Comments

As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Joshua 1:6 We met years ago, but we lost touch. Reconnecting with that one love you’ve always had is one of the most exhilarating experiences. I was suffocating and could barely breathe under the weight of…

Weathering Lyme

By: redtentwomen February 16, 2018February 15, 2018

Day to Day, relationshipsAcceptance, Lara Jackson, Living with Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease, Marriage7 Comments

One measly tick changed our lives when it bit my husband and infected our lives.

You belong.

By: redtentwomen November 16, 2016November 15, 2016

Intentional Living, relationshipsAcceptance, Beauty, Belief, belonging, Faith, Hope, immigration, Inclusion, Katy Johnson, Love, Social Justice, The Election, the safety pin movement7 Comments

3 months ago, in the sunny warmth of August, I blindly agreed to speak at youth group for the month of November.

Five O’Clock Friends

By: redtentwomen October 21, 2016October 16, 2016

Literature, relationshipsAcceptance, authenticity, can i come?, Community, Elizabeth Kurz, Elton John, Friendship, Grace, Jazz, Moving, new beginnings, Risk, Rocket Man11 Comments

A few months ago my piano teacher asked me to pick out a song in the key of B flat major.

Believing the Invitation.

By: redtentwomen October 13, 2016October 13, 2016

relationshipsAcceptance, bully, bullying, Clare Marlow, Friendship, heartbreak, Jesus, Junior High School, Love of Jesus, Rejection, self worth, self-care4 Comments

It was the last day of sixth grade, one of the few grades when I actually liked my teacher.

I love you.

By: redtentwomen October 10, 2016October 9, 2016

relationshipsAcceptance, Beauty, Belief, Change, Death, Faith, Friendship, growing faith, heartbreak, Honesty, Hope, Katy Johnson, Love, loyalty15 Comments

I am not always great at asking for care. I think some of that lingers from childhood, growing up in a house where not making a mess or being a mess was considered a strength.