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Empowering Girls Into Young Women
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Continue reading →: Empowering Girls Into Young WomenAs my daughter and I entered the room filled with other mothers and daughters, there was equally a buzz of nerves and excitement about what to expect. The year 5 girls and their mothers had been invited to a “girls only” meeting to discuss managing menstruation. The practicalities were talked…
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Continue reading →: The Definition of Unconditional LoveWhen I think about the fragility in our world, I am absolutely amazed that God would bother with making a rescue plan for humanity. The fighting, the wars, the sickness, the hatred, the poverty, the sadness, the pain—all are signs of the reality of human brokenness. If our bleak circumstances…
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Continue reading →: Leaving WellA few weeks ago, I went to my very last session of a Bible study which I have been part of for ten years. I first joined this lovely women’s group when I was heavily pregnant with my daughter and some of these wonderful mothers have journeyed with me through…
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Continue reading →: A Seasonal Call to Refocus My SoulAs the first month of the new year finishes, these are the themes that often come to mind with the crossover of ending one year and entering the next: purpose, meaning, and hope. For me, it is not so much looking to the new year as a time for resolutions,…
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Continue reading →: The Balance of Joy and Grief, Hope and FearThe hopes and fears of all the years, Are met in thee tonight. These beautiful lyrics from the Christmas carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, have been dancing in my heart throughout the month of December. Since American Thanksgiving, my dear grandmother has been slowly declining. At ninety-six years old,…
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Continue reading →: Our Everyday Battles Belong to the LordAfter two hours driving up from London to Birmingham, we were prepared to pick up a newer, used vehicle and turn in our current car. Unfortunately, from just a few moments of sitting in the new car, we could tell that it wasn’t quite right. My husband and I noticed…
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Continue reading →: We’re Here Today and Gone Tomorrow“With my husband’s job, we are quite flexible to move about. We plan on spending the next three years in this city and then relocating to that city for a minimum of five years. By the time our eldest child is nine or so, we’ll then plan to make our…
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Continue reading →: The Measure of Success“If you don’t start your child with extra tuition at least two years before the exam, she won’t stand a chance of passing!” “Sure, it feels like you have to sacrifice their childhood with all the extra hours of studying, but you want them to get into the best school,…
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Continue reading →: Baby, You Are a MiracleIn late July 2013, I wrote the following letter to the blossoming baby growing within me. I didn’t even know if we were having a girl or a boy, since we really wanted to be surprised! I’m not sure how the time has flown by so quickly, yet, here we…
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Continue reading →: In Need of RepairThe morning was going so well—a quick stop at the grocery store after dropping the children to school and then I was busily getting through my list of chores. The laundry was whirring around in the washing machine and the floors were freshly vacuumed and mopped, when I heard a…
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I’m Joy
Welcome to my blog! I hope you will be encouraged by my Christian reflections on everyday happenings, motherhood, and transatlantic life.
Joy A. Mead 