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Breathing Deeply in Simple Gratitude (Not Guilt)13 comments

beingmade wrote 3 months ago: So I’m running today and loving the scenery. How incredible is it that I get to run with a view of t … more →

Thankful to be a failure3 comments

beingmade wrote 3 months ago: I feel like God is calling me to be thankful for something I never would have expected to be thankfu … more →

Hello Blog2 comments

beingmade wrote 3 months ago: Me:  Hello Blog Blog:  Hey!  Where’ve you been? Me:  I dunno, I just haven’t had much to … more →

Encouraged by Complexity4 comments

beingmade wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been trying to write about how I felt after I read a New Yorker article about Madeleine L … more →

Tags: brokenness, celebrating life, God Stuff, Grace

beingmade wrote 5 months ago: This is me acknowledging, but not apologizing for, the fact that it’s been a very long time si … more →

The Notebook12 comments

beingmade wrote 6 months ago: Sometimes I still cry. While we were cleaning out the ‘we don’t know where to put it so … more →

Tags: deployment, Emoting, Grace, life difficulties, loss of parent, Memories, military spouse, mom, mother loss

Extravagance8 comments

beingmade wrote 6 months ago: One of the words that keeps coming at me over and again in this current season for me is “Extr … more →

Tags: Faith, celebrating life, messages from the universe, Grace, God Stuff, theology according to Val

Why Support the MOTHERS act? 1 comment

beingmade wrote 7 months ago: Because postpartum depression is THE most common complication of childbirth.  PPD affects approximat … more →

Tags: Depression, Wholeness, Postpartum Depression, PSI, Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother's Act

Because Information Empowers, The MOTHERS Act, and my story17 comments

beingmade wrote 7 months ago: I’ve started several posts about the Mother’s Act today.  I’ve spent some time rea … more →

Tags: brokenness, Depression, Empowerment, Make a Difference, Melanie Blocker Stokes Mother's Act, Postpartum Depression, PSI, Wholeness

All is well5 comments

beingmade wrote 7 months ago: I haven’t blogged in ages.  The move in to our new house took out our Internet for almost thre … more →

Turn on the Lights1 comment

beingmade wrote 8 months ago: Somehow or another, this is the first time I’ve seen this video which was put together for Pos … more →

Tags: Soundtrack of life, In Swedish Please, Navy Wife, deployment, deployment angst, military spouse, Depression, Wholeness, brokenness

How I Found My Primal Dreamy Rocky Feelings6 comments

beingmade wrote 8 months ago: Not too long ago I was sitting in the living room of a friend’s house, watching her snuggle he … more →

Tags: Motherhood, In Swedish Please, Family Life, Love, celebrating life, Navy Wife, Kiddos, children violating the terms of the geneva convention, Wholeness

Thinking in Bullets is Just Easier4 comments

beingmade wrote 8 months ago: I should be cleaning for company.  Our friend, Todd, is coming over this evening.  He and his wife m … more →

Tags: Minor Oddities, Friendship, food-therapy, Family Life, celebrating life, anxiety, anomie, Kiddos, baking

And Also...7 comments

beingmade wrote 8 months ago: I ran four miles tonight.    I am a rock star.  With a new house.  And apparently giving up Facebook … more →

Tags: celebrating life, Empowerment, Happy List, Moving, Just Fun, Val Run's?

Omigosh!!!!9 comments

beingmade wrote 8 months ago: We’re moving into a huge, beautiful house on base. In two weeks. And I can’t believe it. … more →

Tags: In Swedish Please, Family Life, celebrating life, Navy Wife, military spouse, Moving

Mommy Resources2 comments

beingmade wrote 8 months ago: I’ve got two great websites for friends out there who have little ones:  1)  Nancy Stewart … more →

Tags: Soundtrack of life, Family Life, celebrating life, Kiddos, Just Fun, kid stuff, Sharing the Love

Ebenezer Moment Borne Out of Ripping and Dipping1 comment

beingmade wrote 9 months ago: ….Or What I Learned at the Gary Thomas Weekend At the end of the Sacred Marriage weekend yeste … more →

Tags: brokenness, celebrating life, Empowerment, Faith, Family Life, God Stuff, Grace, husband, Love

Still Rippling9 comments

beingmade wrote 9 months ago: Almost two years ago, I wrote this post about losing my Mom as a young adult.  It is the post which … more →

Tags: Grief, motherless daughter, Motherless mother, mom, missing Mom, celebrating life, mother loss, loss of parent, Wholeness

Pulling My Hair Out and Thinking About God4 comments

beingmade wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been pulling my hair out with my oldest lately.  The cornstarch and beer incident was onl … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Family Life, guilt, being made, celebrating life, Great Expectations, Kiddos, children violating the terms of the geneva convention, brokenness


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