Where Passion & Purpose Collide
If you’re a spiritually-driven female entrepreneur and haven’t heard of Grit & Virtue, allow me to introduce you to your new best friend… Being a business owner, solopreneur or creative professional – while exhilarating – can be an incredibly lonely journey. G&V has set out to change all that. I love their vision and mission, their creativity and presentation, and the… Read More
Sweet friends, you’re in for a treat! Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite humans on the planet: Bethany. I met this amazing woman several years ago through a mutual friend (our bestie below on the left), and we’ve been mutually smitten ever since. Bethany is wise, she is kind, she is hilarious, and she is insanely gifted. You… Read More
Oh, sweet friends…I’m just so giddy about this. THIS! Giddy that this little dream was sparked in my heart on Tuesday – as in, two days ago – in a moment of awkward vulnerability (this seems to be a trend for me), and in the fastest, most glorious gestation period ever…it was born this morning. Putting everything else on… Read More
For this week only, you can grab a copy of my book XES: Why Church Girls Tend To Get It Backwards …And How To Get It Right on Kindle for just $2.99 That’s less than the cost of a latte. Or a sparkly Valentine’s day card, for that matter, and I promise you it’ll impact your marriage far more than… Read More
I talk about sex a lot. In public, none the less. And I love it. As the demand for this particular talk has grown, and as I’ve bravely shared my own messy story, the regularity with which I get asked awkward questions has grown too. I love that part too. It has afforded me the opportunity to wrap my arms… Read More
I had become an expert secret keeper. I’d been swept up so fast, and so young, in a whirlwind of self-destructive behavior that the only way to keep breathing was to keep pretending everything was alright. And so I built walls of deception and lies in a desperate effort to keep the world from seeing the real me. The sad,… Read More
One of my absolute favorite things about my husband is that he not only tolerates my quirky, tea-chugging, creatively-scattered, easily-delighted self…but he celebrates all that makes me different. He makes me tea every day, without being asked…because he knows it makes me smile. Okay, function. He fills my pellet stove at 1 in the morning, before going to bed, so… Read More
In the same way we don’t tend to take dieting advice from someone who’s clearly overweight, or business pointers from a company that’s just filed for bankruptcy, we don’t tend to put much stock into marital advice from someone who’s no longer married. It makes sense, right? Well, not always. My mom forwarded this to me last week and it… Read More
Tomorrow we will have officially been married for 87,360 hours. Also known as the less-enormous-sounding ‘10 years’ {insert wild applause here}. A whole decade, people. I know, right? Ten full years for wee punks like us. Who knew? No, we weren’t 14. We were 22 The past ten years have been the most beautiful, most excruciating, most awe-inspiring, most intense,… Read More
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill Make no mistake…life takes bravery. Following your dreams takes bravery. Being married, and staying married, takes boat loads of bravery. Sometimes just getting up in the morning takes bravery. And parenting? It takes bravery too. William Wallace war paint style bravery. Truck… Read More
…whom my heart adores! 9 years ago today, I stood before you in white – adorned with miniscule pearls, an annoyingly poufy veil, and a tan so dark it appeared my head couldn’t possibly belong to the same body – excited beyond belief to become Mrs. McMillan. And the sound of those two words together…”Joy”, followed by a sing-songy “McMillan”…still… Read More
Okay, ladies…fasten your seatbelts, and keep your hands and feet in the vehicle at all times. I’m getting wild all up in here. I’m about to show you…”the smolder”. On camera. Oh yes. I did. Be still my beating heart! {swoon} That is all. Good night.
