Waiting – Red Tent Living

Embracing the Maiden

By: redtentwomen January 19, 2022December 9, 2021

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBeing a bride, Mallory Redmond, Single Woman, Singleness, Waiting, Wednesday in the Weeds2 Comments

There was one Halloween in elementary school when I dressed up as a bride. I had a long white dress and a lace veil covering my face, though nothing about my costume could cover the beauty I felt while walking down the concrete aisle to every front door in my neighborhood, building myself a candy…

Unless I Had Believed

By: redtentwomen June 30, 2021June 22, 2021

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationships, The HomeAnnelise Roberts, buying a house, God's timing, lost cause, Waiting3 Comments

A few mornings ago, I woke with a heavy sense of dread, imbued by the nightmares that sometimes plague me. As I shuffled to the coffee pot, the clamoring needs of my children felt like alarm bells on an already fried nervous system. I was preoccupied with larger worries than “what’s for breakfast?”

Tailor-Made Grace

By: redtentwomen February 3, 2021January 27, 2021

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAnne Lamott, Grace, Grief, hospital, Mallory Redmond, Waiting, widowhood4 Comments

I hadn’t met her before this cold January night when we were sitting in a terribly outdated conference room on the fourth floor of a downtown hospital. She kept fidgeting with her hands, and her eyes darted between her text messages and the clock on the wall. Her bright red sweatshirt was the loudest color…

Dare to Hope

By: redtentwomen August 12, 2020August 7, 2020

Day to Day, Faith, relationshipsChristmas, Daddy, Divorce, Hope, Recovery from Abuse, Robyn Whitaker, Therapist, Waiting5 Comments

Finally the day had arrived!

Even If

By: redtentwomen January 3, 2019January 2, 2019

Day to Day, FaithA New Year, Daniel 3:18, growing faith, Mallory Redmond, Meshach and Abednego, New Years Resolutions, Shadrach, Waiting1 Comment

There’s just something about a new year. It’s a period, not a comma. A hard stop. That was last year; what does this year hold? We have no idea, and maybe that’s the best part.