Blessed Is She {Choose to Lose}
All over the world ornaments are being taken down, stockings and Christmas décor are being closed in their rubber containers, and homes are being resettled to their clean and less sparkly selves. It is in this physical transition that we take time to pause and think about 2019. The losses that shaped us. The additions […]
Real Talk and Red Carpets {Choose to Lose}
Can we be real for a minute? I hope so. Raising money is not my favorite. Are any of you feeling that too? And to be REALLY HONEST, I could not push through the knots in my stomach if I didn’t believe it was totally worth it. If I didn’t believe that this organization is […]
Just One Thing {Choose to Lose}
Every once in a while, I get to visit other Velvet Ashes women in our community, and my heart soars. The women I visited recently live in a context that makes it difficult to share their life online, and that can make them feel forgotten. Honestly, their season of life is a tough one in […]
Strong Men Support Strong Women {Choose to Lose}
Definition of Strong Women: Women who wave and don’t experience under arm jiggle. Women who can talk while they run. Women who make desserts out of dates instead of sugar. So this may be the Denise Beck dictionary definition but above sits the girl I want to be when I grow up. And in heaven […]
Choose to Lose – Will You Join Us?
“He is no fool to give what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot We who have gone to the field have been inspired by these words. For me, these words felt like putty that formed itself around holes made by concerned friends questioning our sanity to leave our home […]