The first year I used the @blessedisshe__ Advent journal I was living in North Carolina, far from friends and family, and in the midst of a very lonely bit of marriage. My sisters and mom, aunts and grandmothers all had the same journal, so somehow, despite being on my little island of isolation, I was still part of a larger community of loving, strong women.
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The next year found me in California, still away from family, still in a weird marriage, but this time with a husband out of town working for the majority of the season. I was in a home alone with my doggy, but, again, still connected to a community in Christ.
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Last year was my first Advent post divorce. A season of crying in the Christmas section of Target, nights of insomnia, and leaning a little too heavily on cookies and Baileys to get me by. The journal gave me small moments of peace and comfort in a month of brokenness.
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This year I am a divorceé. I am a nurse, a daughter, a sister, a friend. I am a woman in this big, messy world, and, more than anything, I am a beloved member of the generation belonging to Christ.
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I’m ready to lean in, more free and whole than I’ve ever been before. Get you one of these journals, ladies. You belong too.
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PS I put the link to shop in my bio. And if anyone remembers who made these rosaries, lmk because they’re beautiful ☺️🎄
