Recovering Perfectionist
I could name this blog category many things. Over the last year, it has become about far more than just recovering from perfectionism, although that's still a huge aspect. These posts also chronicle my journey away from legalism, self-guilt, self-doubt, lack of boundaries, and hardcore "fundamental" Christianity. I'm a work in progress and recovery has not been easy.
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Order in the Mess: Bearing God’s Image as a Type-A Homemaker
I am made in the image of God, and that is beautiful. Every person has within him or her the image of God. It is our role...our job as His creation to bear…
- Family, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Redemption Stories, Travel
Healed Wounds {Grandma’s Funeral & My Trip to My Ohio Hometown}
This is the moment everything up til this moment formed into this realization of healing. Because not once during the last few days had I been triggered. Not one hymn. Not one shudder…
- Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist
A raw look at my never-ending war on perfectionism
A week ago we sat on the counselor’s couch. I was perturbed because even after declaring to my husband, “We’re here for you,” somehow the conversation kept coming around to me and my…
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Christian, you can read your Bible and still be falling apart
I was cleaning my bedroom last week when this quote popped into my head. I had cleaned off my night stand, including my new(ish) journaling Bible that had been resting there. While I…
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Dear Facebook: an open letter on our ten year anniversary
Dear Facebook: we’ve made it ten years. Can you believe it? At the beginning, you were a means to an end, you know? I wanted to talk to my new best friend, who…
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Obsession, Regret, Anger, Projection: My Latest Breakthrough
Hot angry tears were rolling down my face as we went back and forth, round and round. It was one of those conversations that needed to happen but was hard for both of…
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Introversion: I’m in turtle mode and that’s okay
I saw my counselor today. We met for an hour. I was exhausted before we even got going. When I got out, all I wanted to do was take a nap. That, my…
- Ezra, Family, Grow in Grace 2016, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Special Needs Parenting
Boundaries, being settled, and growing
This past Sunday night, after a long battle with my digital TV antennae, I settled myself down in the basement couch to watch the USA Women’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials. I found myself a…
- Family, Grow in Grace 2016, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Special Needs Parenting
What my dying plants taught me about self care
I grew up in a house full of plants. My mom has a real knack for tending for houseplants, and it showed in the Fika trees, ivy, African violets, and spider plants that…
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What I learned from a month-long Facebook break
It’s that time of year when posts pop up all over the internet about Lent. I personally have never been an observer of Lent, but I can relate to the depth of what…
