Tenderness – Red Tent Living

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Deciding to Stay.

By: redtentwomen July 8, 2016July 5, 2016

relationshipsBecky Allender, Calvinism, Dan Allender, Faith, Marriage, Pastoring, Sacrificial Love, Self-Doubt, Tenderness20 Comments

I looked at my bedroom that was filled with pewter bowls, kitchen appliances, lingerie and Wedgewood china and wiggled my engagement ring off my finger as I sighed a long sigh and closed my eyes.

The Woman Who Held My Face.

By: redtentwomen June 1, 2016May 31, 2016

relationshipsBecky Allender, Care, Dan Allender, Glen Eyrie, Marriage, Memory, Pamela Reeve, Sacrificial Love, Self-Doubt, Sexual Abuse, Tenderness36 Comments

There was a flurry of excitement with people arriving at “The Castle” in Glen Eyrie in Colorado Springs.

Held Together by Love.

By: redtentwomen May 2, 2016May 1, 2016

relationshipsAffection, Becky Allender, Care, Dan Allender, Grandparent, Memory, Sacrificial Love, Self-Doubt, Tenderness38 Comments

My son and daughter-in-law needed a break.

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.