by mandacarpenter | Sep 24, 2019 | Beauty, Faith, Growth, Inspired, Popular
These are some of the ways I tend to my soul. I hope you don’t neglect this work. I am so passionate because it’s been so transformative for me and I want the same to be true for everyone I know. Soul-tending is often put on the back burner in a world...
by mandacarpenter | Aug 26, 2019 | Growth, Inspired, Popular, Uncategorized
Women ask me how to do singleness well, assuming that I know from experience. Truth be told, I did not use my singleness well. In fact, I was hardly ever single from 15 years old until the day I said “I do” at 23 because I relied heavily on affirmation and...
by mandacarpenter | Mar 20, 2019 | Growth, Inspired, Popular
It blows my mind that I was in your shoes SIX years ago. Honestly, I feel like it was just last week. Whoever said, “Don’t blink!” was right. Life happens when you’re busy worrying about the future and before you know it, you’re in...
by mandacarpenter | Feb 7, 2019 | Faith, Family, Growth, Inspired, Kids, Marriage, Popular
A wise person in my life once told me to pay close attention to the things and people who bother me most because it says more about me more than it does them. Documenting our foster care journey has made others want to do it too, I know because they tell me. They...
by mandacarpenter | May 25, 2016 | Faith, Family, Growth, Inspired, Popular
I’ve been a sucky (for lack of a more appropriate word) friend. This post was not on my scheduled blog calendar, which by the way has been neglected altogether until June 1st, my last day of school. Man, I’m actually really going to miss those firsties I...
by mandacarpenter | May 6, 2016 | Faith, Family, Inspired, Marriage, Popular
You know what? E really pissed me off the other day. I had just come home from a weekend away at my friend’s bachelorette party only to discover something he’d done that made me so angry. I mean seeing red, fumes coming out of my ears, curse words coming...
