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How Do I Identify Myself?

By: redtentwomen April 26, 2022March 31, 2022

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsCaregiver, Identity, loss of a parent, Madeline Bialecki, Mother Daughter Relationships, Mothers5 Comments

When I was in my mid 20s, a woman at church, who was just a few years older than me, had gone home to bury her mother; her father had died a few years earlier. “I am an orphan,” she said upon her return. I thought it was one of the oddest things I had…

The Gilded Girl

By: redtentwomen April 25, 2022March 9, 2022

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationships, UncategorizedAnonymous, Mother Daughter Relationships, Mothers, Risking Change, self image2 Comments

Once upon a time there was a girl named Sunny. They called her Sunny because of her golden hair and smile and the way she would light up a room when she entered. And the light emanated from her, and the light was good. Sunny’s mother was named Gilda. Gilda had discovered when she was…

Raincoats and Ham Sandwiches

By: redtentwomen November 15, 2021October 3, 2021

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsapologies, Bess Terrell, Mothers, old age, raising teenagers1 Comment

All the girls were wearing khaki-colored raincoats. I didn’t have one, so I began the beg-and-whine routine on my mom to get one. How could any decent teenage girl not expect to be a clone of every other girl in her clique? Mom either realized it was important for me to fit in with my…

Leaning Into Unexpected Shifts

By: redtentwomen May 19, 2020May 18, 2020

Day to Day, Faith, FemininityAdonia, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Birthright, Change, Christy Bauman, Co-creating with God, coronavirus, Finding your voice, Mothers, Social Distancing, Womanhood1 Comment

I ran into the grocery store before heading home to my kids, I had just returned on an overnight flight and was going to grab premade food for our dinner. I laughed when I saw my best friend in the produce section, but stopped when her stone face greeted me, “you don’t know, do you?…

Remembrance of Mothers

By: redtentwomen May 1, 2015August 2, 2015

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAnswered Prayers, Being Known, Grandmothers, Jesus, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mothers, Mothers Day3 Comments

My heart is overflowing with the remembrance of mothers. Yes, I have more than one; I am more than one as I am a grandmother as well.

On a Rainy Evening

By: redtentwomen October 14, 2013September 18, 2015

Day to DayFamily, Fathers, Hillsong, Home, Katy Johnson, Mothers, Parenting, Rain, Storytelling, Walking on Water4 Comments

The lights— strung free of care and full of invitation along the wooden fence on our back deck— twinkled merrily thanks to the sporadic falling of raindrops.