I was on a trip with Courtney and Destiny one summer, staying at Courtney’s family’s vacation home in Celebration, Florida–Second Star. We would meet Megan the next day. We had just finished our second year of teaching together on the same special education team. Courtney, Destiny and I stayed up late, sharing our stories, and getting […]
I’ll never forget our first dinner together. It was the first time we made plans outside of school. Not only did I discover a new gluten-free pizza place–I found a group of life-long friends. I called my mom on the way home and said, “I can’t believe this is my new team! We talked for hours […]
Crystal Stine is a straight up community builder. She loves connecting people through fitness, faith, and friendship–online and offline. She’s been overseeing Write 31 Days for the last several years, and has brought together thousands of bloggers, encouraging us and leading the way. I met Crystal last year at a conference, and she is one […]
True friendship is a sacred, important thing, and it happens when we drop down into that deeper level of who we are, when we cross over into the broken, fragile parts of ourselves. We have to give something up in order to get friendship like that: our need to be perceived as perfect, our ability […]
My friend Joy has a gift with words. She encourages women to embrace their stories and live out their purpose with passion through writing, coaching, and speaking. She is a beautiful example of grace, transparency, and creativity. I asked her what authentic friendship means to her: To me, authentic friendship is both anchor and sail. […]
I was getting ready for brunch with friends one Saturday morning. I had been looking forward to getting together with this group of friends for weeks. We are hardly all together in the same room anymore, and it was the one thing I couldn’t wait for! Adam forgot that I needed the car, and he […]
I met Lottie online a couple years ago, and then in real life at a conference last year. We were in a blogging mastermind group together–so fun! Lottie is a single girl in her mid-twenties who shares her journey of navigating adulthood and making a difference with her story of health and healing. I’ve always […]
Allie Seidel is a wife, new mom, and designer with an incredible website and Instagram page. Allie has an eye for detail and beauty, and it is evident through her words that she always looks for the good in life. I asked her what authentic friendship looks like, and here is what she had to […]
Authentic friendship is a gift. It is hard and beautiful work, filled with grace, truth, bravery, vulnerability, trust, risk, forgiveness, honesty, and love. For the month of October, I will be writing every day about authentic friendship. I’ll be sharing personal stories of my own friendships, and insights from other women about authentic friendship. (The […]
I am honored to be a contributor for The Tiny Twig, posting about comparison in friendship. The Tiny Twig, which was founded in 2008 by Hayley Morgan, is a blog about style, wellness, relationships, and responsibilities, and how to navigate life as an adult. I wrote about the ways that comparison suffocates true, deep, authentic […]
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