by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 16, 2012 | Faith
It’s easily one of the hardest things you could ask me to do. I would do a million other things – likely destroying myself in the process – before I could take the plunge and do it. No matter how long I think about it, I cannot develop a scenario...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 15, 2012 | Faith, Family
Can I confess something? Before I became a mother, I was a terrible judge of others’ mothering. I mean that in both ways it could be read: 1)I was bad about judging how mothers did things with their kids. 2)I was not a very good judge of what I saw. I cringe to look...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 14, 2012 | Faith
“We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery by the time we die. But that is better than killing ourselves pretending to be healthy.” -Simon Tugwell God began doing a good work in you, and I am...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 13, 2012 | Faith
Self-confidence is a weird thing. If you’re like me, it’s been kind of elusive. In elementary school…middle school (ugh)…high school…college….post-college…I never had that confidence factor. I was never fully comfortable in...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 12, 2012 | Faith
I’ve been picking up my parents’ mail while they have been out of town for a week or so. One day, when I opened their mailbox, a familiar sight jumped out at me. I haven’t made it my practice to sift through their mail as I’ve picked it up; I...
