Author: appreciatingstillness

Life moves fast. Real fast. Yet, I am someone who likes to move slow. I like to seek the voices that are drown out and listen. Sometimes it just takes one moment of stillness to know you are heard. In a world that is always on the run, always changing, always fighting to be on top, I want to help those out there know they are loved. I want them to know they can slow down. I want them to know there is peace in stillness and beauty in their story.

Go Spain!

There’s so much evil in this world. You know it. I know it. It is almost like we cannot escape it. It is everywhere. Well, here’s your chance to escape! Let’s talk about something positive in the news. Washington Post published an article about a month ago in February saying that Spain is giving women […]

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Imagine this: The country you were born in, raised in, and started a family in is no longer safe. You scrape up everything you have to find a way out. After the treacherous journey, you and your family are finally able to set foot in a place of freedom. Or so they say.  What’s the […]

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Women Can’t Run In the Dark

When I see a man running in the dark, I can’t help feeling a bit of jealousy. Yet, when I see a woman doing the same, I can’t help feeling nervous for her.  Every time I get in the car, I immediately lock the door no matter where I am. It is second nature, I […]

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Jesus? A Feminist?

Some of you may be thinking that these words just do not go together. There’s no way that Jesus was a feminist. Trust me, I understand the surprise. Unfortunately, some Christian churches preach the complete opposite. In those churches the Bible is used to oppress female voices rather than liberate and raise up those voices […]

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