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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “reality”

This Summer I Say Yes

Alexandra Kuykendall June 9, 2015 essentials

I say “no” to my children often. “No you can’t eat that.” “Stop hitting your sister.” “Put the iPad away.” The summer stretches in front of me like one long nooooooo toward the horizon that is autumn. With everyone home …

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Redefining the F-word

Emily Wieranga April 16, 2015 honestly

I was nine years old when I tried to starve away my curves. I tried to starve away the parts of me that made me a woman, because maybe then I wouldn’t miss it, this need to feel loved by …

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Should My Weight Bother Me?

Heather McNutt April 13, 2015 honestly

My truth, my weight doesn’t bother me. It’s not that I’m fat, it’s that it doesn’t bother me. It’s supposed to, right? As an elementary recess aid, I occasionally had to put a kid who had gotten too rough with …

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How to Get Out of the House In the Morning Without Losing Your Mother-Loving Mind

Alexandra Kuykendall March 5, 2015 essentials

Last month I conducted a little experiment. I tried to streamline our getting up and out of the house process to make it somewhat pleasant. You know to keep from screaming at everyone. Because “We’re late!!!” and “Get your shoes …

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The Brave Collective

The Hello Dearest Team January 2, 2015 brave collective

is a table movement. An acknowledgment that some of the best, most life-giving moments happen around a table. For some reason the act of pulling up chairs around a mesa of wood becomes a sacred endeavor. It is in sharing …

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5 Ways to Help Avoid Kids Avoid the Gimmees at Christmas

Alexandra Kuykendall December 7, 2014 essentials

5 Ways to Help Kids Avoid “the Gimmees” at Christmas Christmas, the time of year when it feels like the world is telling us what we need to buy to make us happy. As rational, grown people we know things …

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Holiday Cleaning, The Minimalist Approach

Alexandra Kuykendall November 16, 2014 home

Quick cleaning is about all I do throughout the year. Really, is there any other way? Add the parties, concerts, shopping, cooking and general mayhem of the holidays, and time for cleaning is about thirty minutes from midnight to midnight-thirty. …

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Three Flavors of Hospitality

Emily Kates November 3, 2014 home

Everything I have learned about offering hospitality came from receiving the gift of hospitality from others. There are three ways I like to give and receive hospitality. First, there is “guest of honor” hospitality. This is the more traditional form …

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What is Bravery?

Hello Dearest October 9, 2014 honestly

I never really considered myself ‘the brave one’. Loud, sure. Spontaneous, at times. Joyful, usually. But brave — not so much. Then I asked myself a hard question – the kind that sticks in your throat even when you say …

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What Women (Really) Want

Emily Wieranga August 15, 2014 honestly

We were newlyweds. I was anorexic. Trent came home one day to find me crying on the couch about the living room—about how off-kilter and ugly it looked with our second-hand furniture—and I hadn’t eaten since the night before. He …

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