Life: unmasked
Your Love (A Guest Post by Carey Bailey) | #LifeUnmasked
I have a soft spot in my heart for poetry, so when Carey sent me this poem, I knew I would share it with you for Life:Unmasked. Enjoy! Your Love This month comes and I reflect./ The days go by and I remember.// 9 years has past/and most days I don’t ever think about it//and…
Read MoreThe Embarrassing Truth ~ Life Unmasked
It was bound to happen. I host this Life:Unmasked link-up every Wednesday (and last week I even gave a writing prompt – my biggest regret). It was just a matter of time before I hit a week in which I had no time to prepare anything. This is that week. I don’t have a post…
Read More“Your Baby Will Need a Heart Transplant”
Our three days of semi-blissful (it’s hard to maintain bliss when you’re sore and tired and you struggle to get your baby to nurse) new-parenthood shattered into pieces on February 29, 2000. A home-care nurse unwrapped her portable baby scale, laid our naked girl on it, and frowned. “What was her birth weight?” she asked…
Read MoreWhen Your One Beauty Goes Gray ~ #LifeUnmasked
When I found the first one, I cried. Me, the woman who has gone through awful breakups without tears. Who has officiated countless funerals and weddings without so much as water in the eyes. Me, who prides herself on her ability to contain her composure. Sobbed. It was my 23rd birthday. And there it was, in the midst of my…
Read MoreIt’s Okay To Stop Praying ~ Life Unmasked
I stood slowly after the closing prayer. The long sit on hard wooden pews had stiffened my muscles. I rubbed my back as I slid sideways into the aisle. My mother-in-law motioned me to stay put. “I’ll go get the kids.” As I gathered up Bibles, papers, and bags, an older lady approached. “Joy, I…
Read MoreThe Fixer-Upper Marriage (a Guest Post) ~ #LifeUnmasked
Today’s Life:Unmasked is a guest post from Tanya. I met her what seems like a lifetime ago, before either of us were married. When we reconnected through Facebook and learned each other’s stories… well, it’s hard to describe the bond between people who have walked the dark places. While our stories are very different, the…
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