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The Best I Could

By: redtentwomen March 30, 2016March 29, 2016

relationshipsapologize, Childhood, disappointment, forgiveness, Mistakes, Mothering, Nurture, Open Letter to My Children, Parenting, Tracy Johnson14 Comments

An Open Letter To “The Original Three”:

Marriage, Conflict, and My Side of the Street

By: redtentwomen March 28, 2016March 25, 2016

relationshipsapologize, Change, conflict, Couples Counseling, failure, forgiveness, Kacy Davis, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Sin1 Comment

“You need to focus on letting go of this bitterness and forgiving one another,” the counselor says, almost every week.

The Hardest Question

By: redtentwomen March 23, 2016March 22, 2016

relationshipsapologize, courage, forgiveness, Friendship, Janet Stark, Shame2 Comments

I was sitting in a conflict mediation training recently, listening as the trainer began talking about how often we get forgiveness wrong.

Hard for me to say I’m sorry

By: redtentwomen March 21, 2016March 20, 2016

Travel, WholeheartedBethany Cabell, forgiveness, harsh, intimacy, Marriage, Motherhood, navigating conflict, owning my part, sorry18 Comments

According to my husband, I rarely apologize to him anymore.

Maybe it’s just the wind

By: redtentwomen March 18, 2016March 15, 2016

relationships, UncategorizedAbuse, Childhood Trauma, forgiveness, Healing, Heritage, Neglect, Parenting, Valerie Avery14 Comments

I remember the day my mother shared with me a little bit of her story as a young girl.

Friendly wounds.

By: redtentwomen March 17, 2016March 15, 2016

LiteratureChrist, forgiveness, Freedom, God, Honesty, Impact, Lauren Patterson, Poetry, truth10 Comments

Until recently, I had no understanding of what forgiveness is and is not.

Cut

By: redtentwomen March 11, 2016March 10, 2016

relationshipsAbuse, Brené Brown, conflict, forgiveness, intimacy, Jill Dyer, Marriage, Onsite, Pain, self-forgiveness10 Comments

My husband recently returned from Onsite’s Living Centered Program.

Like Brown Suede Rental Skates

By: redtentwomen March 10, 2016March 8, 2016

relationshipsforgiveness, Friendship, Julie McClay, Life Seasons, relationship, transistion, Transition9 Comments

I don’t know how to do this.

Hard on Self…Hard on Others

By: redtentwomen March 4, 2016February 29, 2016

Day to DayAddiction, apologize, Eating disorder, forgiveness, God, Marriage, Mary Jane Hamilton, Self Acceptance, self-criticism, Sexual Abuse5 Comments

“Forgive me.” Ugh…I will admit that I have not practiced the art of asking for forgiveness.

Tend to her.

By: redtentwomen March 3, 2016March 2, 2016

Day to DayChildhood, forgiveness, God, Infertility, Little House on the Prairie, Mary Oliver, Parenting, Rachel Blackston, Reparenting, self-care, Tenderness, Therapy37 Comments

Just before 4 p.m. each day she would turn the gold-beveled knob to Channel 12 on her 1980s wood-framed Mitsubishi television.