Purpose

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Grit and Grace Life: offering insights, advice, hope, and encouragement from women who have been there. Our website, podcasts, videos, social media posts, and audio articles all take resources to offer that hope, and we can only do that with partners like you! Mark your calendar for November 29th to make triple the difference in women’s lives. It’s our goal to reach into women’s lives. To help them traverse the very same joys and challenges we have faced: —motherhood triumphs and trials —ups and downs in our faith —beauty and heartache in our relationships —and a desire to understand our true purpose as we walk this earth We do this as a community of women—from all ages and stages—sharing our own real-life

October is my birthday month, and when the year I turned 39, I discovered it was OK to start over in my professional career. For the previous five years, I had been a stay-at-home mom. I decided to leave the corporate world when my fourth child was born, and it was one of the best decisions of my life. I became comfortable in the new routine I had established, and I loved being able to have that quality time with my two little ones before they went off to school. My two oldest were already in school, and I felt like I had missed so much of their younger years. I wanted the opportunity to just be a mom, even if it

When my adult children were in town for their dad’s Celebration of Life service, they planned my future. Behind my back. They encouraged me to take an early retirement and get back into speaking and writing. And they presented three options that would allow me to do so. The thing is, a significant part of my purpose died along with my husband. We were doing some meaningful things together. And now it seemed too late. Sometimes our life’s purpose is etched into our work. Our places of employment provide us with social interaction, and our jobs make a difference in the lives of the people we serve—our students, our clients, our patients, our passengers. My niece, Heidi, spoke at a recent TEDx event

My husband, Charlie, and I celebrated our 35th anniversary this month with a weeklong trip to our favorite place in Wyoming. Typically we only visit in the summer for epic hiking in the national parks or fly-fishing on legendary rivers. I like to think I am always fully present to the spectacular scenery there but sometimes, I forget to be awed. I know the extraordinary becomes ordinary if you forget to truly see. The Magic Of The Morning Whether I am in Wyoming or at home in North Carolina, the best part of my day happens in the morning. I always try to wake early both to write and to catch the early light show. This is when the sun rises after