Growing Up – Page 2 – Red Tent Living

Ragtag Courage

By: redtentwomen August 3, 2017August 2, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional LivingGrowing Up, Joanna Wilder, Neighborhood Ministries, Phoenix, Recovery from Abuse5 Comments

The word “instigate” means “to bring about, as by incitement or urging; to urge on to some drastic or inadvisable action.” Sounds sinister, doesn’t it?

Labor Pains.

By: redtentwomen October 5, 2016October 6, 2016

Intentional LivingChanging Seasons, College, courage, Empty Nesting, Firstborn to College, Grief, Growing Up, Letting Go, Susan Tucker14 Comments

“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” ~ Rumi

Grown Up Things

By: redtentwomen October 5, 2015October 4, 2015

Day to DayDeanna Sturgeon, doing hard things, facing conflict, Grandmother, Growing Up, Mothering boys1 Comment

My daughter-in-law called me the other day and said, “Please talk to Isabelle (my almost 5 year old granddaughter). She’s freaking out because she’s not a baby anymore.”

You Can Go Home

By: redtentwomen July 13, 2015August 1, 2015

Intentional LivingBecky Allender, Childhood, Growing Up, High School, Nostalgia, Reunion34 Comments

Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel entitled: You Can’t Go Home Again. Indeed, you can. It was our 45th high school reunion and, as usual, I had to encourage my husband to go.

Sunday Morning Scones

By: redtentwomen March 16, 2015August 4, 2015

Day to Day, Recipes, The Homebaking, Clotted Cream, Growing Up, Janet Stark, Scones, Sunday Morning1 Comment

As a young girl growing up, it was always clear that there was something different about Sundays.

The Blue Tutu

By: redtentwomen June 16, 2014August 25, 2015

Art, Day to DayBallet, Beauty, dancing, desire, Elizabeth Pennock, Growing Up, Risk8 Comments

At the age of four I was brimming with excitement as I thought about the rapid approach of my first dance performance.

Summer in My Own Backyard

By: redtentwomen June 12, 2014August 25, 2015

Gardening, The HomeBeauty, conversation, Fire Pit, Growing Up, Janet Stark, Making Memories, Marriage, Rest, Summer, the home, vacation5 Comments

Growing up, I was not fond of summer.

Strawberry Season

By: redtentwomen June 5, 2014August 25, 2015

GardeningChange, Daughters, Family, Growing Up, Julie McClay, Marriage, Pinterest, Starwberries10 Comments

Cleaning Chalkboards

By: redtentwomen January 17, 2014September 17, 2015

LiteratureChalkboard, Elementary School, Growing Up, Inspiring Teachers, Janet Stark, Love15 Comments

I read the Red Tent Living themes for January, sure they would be about new beginnings and starting over; something in my heart rebelled against what I thought I would see.