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Maybe I’ll Turn Into A Skeleton (& Bodies are Absurd)
The first song I ever wrote started with these lyrics: “Maybe I’ll turn into a skeleton My guilt can fall out through my bones Skip my heart, nothing to catch it on the way down” That was around the...
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Nothing Is Okay
“Why do beautiful songs make you sad?’ ‘Because they aren’t true.’ ‘Never?’ ‘Nothing is beautiful and true.” –Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer It took me a while to sit down...
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“I Won’t Let Anyone Down”
“I know it’s gonna be alright When I turn out my lights.” -Justin Townes Earle This is a lyric that resonates strongly with me right now. Winter is coming, some days leave me lonely, but really, the...
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I Was In There All Along
I was digging through some old files on my flash drive today. I opened a folder called “BLOG” that I hadn’t opened since 2012. The file was called “BLOG EIGHT REGRETS,” so you know, I had to open it....
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Who Risks Again?
Who risks again? I was the ultimate risk taker. Just ask my parents. I saw a kid pop a wheelie on his bike. I tried it with everything I could muster up and flew off my bike and wound up with a huge...
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Dare Me to Jump and I Will (What I Didn’t Know About the Risk)
My last post asked the question: Who risks again? What I didn’t know about risks is this: When something is right, it won’t feel much like a risk at all. Less than two weeks ago I was seriously...
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Why Being Sad Made Me Strong (And Brought Me Back to Life)
Although I made the most of each day and usually found at least ten different moments to laugh, I had a long stretch of sadness. I wouldn’t call it depression (though parts of it could be classified as...
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Never EVER Say Never (The 7 Things I Said)
All The Things Swore I’d Never Do (aka My Current Life) I haven’t sat down to write a blog post in far too long. And just look at the last one… all about how something sad and depressing brought me...
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On Having a Grown Up Meltdown
Long ago, in another lifetime, I used to have meltdowns. My life was ending, I pictured being an old chicken lady, I felt that I’d wasted my prime on the wrong things and that I was just too late to...
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When My Heart Slowed Down
Last Friday, July 29th, I was blessed enough to be surrounded by (most of) my loved ones, (most of) my best friends, and I felt the Holy Spirit practically carry me through the entire beautiful...
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The Awkward Prayer (and proof that it works)
On Prayer…and a Few More Wedding Pics :) I’ve talked about prayer in a few blogs lately. I can’t quite say it enough: Prayer has changed everything for me. It has worked. Plain as day, no “maybes” or...
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What I Want (Spiritual Gifts Included)
I came across a list on my Pinterest page of 20 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself. Therefore, my next twenty blog posts will be the answers to these questions. This isn’t because I think my...
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Comfortable, Vulnerable and {Never} Embarrassed
About a year ago I went to the Minnestota state fair with my {then} friend {now husband.} It was fun enough, and I got to experience some of the charm… including tons of beer, tons of garlic fries, and...
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No Excuses, No Pity: Just Forgiveness
As we can tell from any Facebook or Instagram feed, the world is really into empowering women these days. A fact I love, and I fact I want to keep moving forward with as I answer the 20 Questions Every...
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You Don’t Have A Soul (Part 2)
Alright. So, more than a year ago I wrote this blog on body image. It was largely about a discovery I had to make largely on my own, along with the support of other women. I couldn’t face my body image...
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Love Yourself, Love Lou
Here I am, almost one month later, finally writing again. Folks, it’s been an amazing time. October rang in as one of my new favorite months. Fall seems to be lasting forever and not only did I get to...
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A Brutal Truth (Life Lessons From My Mom)
When I was in middle school I remember crying because of mean girls. They were so mean… starting at a young age. I feel for any girl who’s been left out of a club, who isn’t included in a game, who...
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The Sisters We Find
#7 What did I love to do when I was a child? I’m on question seven of my 20 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself series. It SORT of seems like the easiest question yet. But it has made me think,...
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I Love Sad Songs (Even When I’m Not Sad)
(Hey Lou is taking a break from its 20 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself series) Once when I worked in a small production space with only two other people, it was my day to choose the music. We...
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It’s {Almost} Never Too Late
On with our 20 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself series…. # 8 What Would I Love To Learn? My step daughters are musicians. This is amazing to me. One plays violin and the other plays piano. I...
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