by elizabethoates | Jan 4, 2018 | Life & Faith, Marriage, Parenting
. . . Think Again Perfection. We all try to achieve it: Perfect body. Perfect skin. Perfect home. Perfect family. Some things we can change and improve, but the one thing we can never rewrite is our family history. Our quirky Aunt Eunice will never be polished. Our...
by elizabethoates | Feb 22, 2016 | Life & Faith
Although it was twenty years ago (yes, I am dating myself), I remember vividly going through rush during my freshman year in college. Nothing will make a girl question her value, worth, and adequacy like 1200 girls judging your appearance, your conversation, your...
by elizabethoates | Oct 3, 2014 | Life & Faith
I know what people see when they look at me: a soccer mom who married her college sweetheart, drives a minivan filled with a gaggle of kids, and lives in the suburbs lined with perfectly manicured lawns. I’m so cliché even I want to vomit. I am pretty sure I know what...
by elizabethoates | Jul 31, 2014 | Foster Care & Adoption, Parenting
65,000 . . . . . .the number of children abused in Texas each year[1] 156 . . . . . . . . .the number of children who died from abuse in Texas in 2013[2] 1 in 4 . . . . . . . the number of girls who are sexually abused before her 18th birthday[3] 1 in 6 . . . . . . ....
by elizabethoates | Jun 26, 2014 | Life & Faith, Parenting
“Mommy, Allie keeps saying I want to be popular because I wear pretty clothes every day,” my 6-year-old daughter said to me one day. “What?” I asked, not fully understanding her little people logic. “She says I am trying to be one of the popular girls because I wear...
