Change – Page 5 – Red Tent Living

Bravery with Self

By: redtentwomen October 4, 2017October 2, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAddiction, Body image, Brave On Conference, Bravery, Change, Kindness, Mary Jane Hamilton, Recovery, self-care, Striving15 Comments

As I was preparing my talk for the Brave On Conference, I was searching for clues as to why March 22, 1990, was the day that changed my life. It was a pivotal day that ended my 25 years struggle of an eating disorder addiction.

What if I don’t get on the plane?

By: redtentwomen September 15, 2017September 13, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsBecoming Myself, Bethany Cabell, Change, Moving6 Comments

My body cracked and popped as I gently entered the lime green office in my parents house. A twin mattress and an air mattress lay on the floor one holding my son, the other left open for me.

Living Into Grace

By: redtentwomen September 8, 2017September 6, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAging, Change, Grace, Kindness, Loss, Mary Jane Hamilton, performance8 Comments

Recently a friend invited me to consider, “What would living into a season of grace be like for me?” I felt stymied as I began to wonder, “What if that were even possible?”

Pie On My Face

By: redtentwomen September 6, 2017

Day to DayChange, Charlottesville, Ellen Oelsen, Empty Next, Fighting Injustice4 Comments

“What are you going to do with an empty nest?” “Will you downsize?” “The house will be so quiet now!” “You are going to miss your kids…” The day was fast approaching when a new season would begin for my husband, our daughter, and me. Friends had shared their genuine concern. When I scheduled a…

On Haircuts and Holding On

By: redtentwomen May 10, 2017May 9, 2017

Day to DayBiotin, Change, Hair Loss, Haircuts, Hope, illness, Intimacy with God, Jennifer Stamness, Wigs10 Comments

My hair was falling out. Anytime I washed or ran my fingers through it, numerous strands would float to the floor.

Ecclesiastes

By: redtentwomen May 9, 2017May 8, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsChange, Grief, Grief Group, Losing a Spouse, Moving, Renee Wurzer14 Comments

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. —Ecclesiastes 3:1 The honeysuckles are lush along the roadside as I drive north from the house to the grocery store, the woods on either side reminding me of home—my old home.

47

By: redtentwomen January 25, 2017January 24, 2017

Day to Day47th Birthday, Change, Disney World, Hope, Loss, Mothering teenagers, Susan Tucker8 Comments

With the turn of the last calendar page of 2016, I find myself facing a birthday.

A First Christmas Together and Apart

By: redtentwomen December 29, 2016December 29, 2016

Day to Day, relationshipsAnna Hull, Change, Christmas, Grief, heartache, Love, Recovery from Eating Disorder3 Comments

As I decorated for Christmas this year, I cleaned and put up the lights, mason jars of holly and frosted tree branches thinking about the juxtaposition of all the places my heart could choose to land.

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.

Why Risk?

By: redtentwomen September 21, 2016September 18, 2016

relationships, The HomeBethany Cabell, building a family, Change, cleaving, Faith, Love, loyalty, Marriage, Moving, trust, turn in the road6 Comments

The first time someone realizes that I’m not from this area, curiousity immediately interrupts the conversation. The initial question is always asking about where I am from, Texas.