I think of myself as a pretty laid-back kind of gal. Most days I’m able to let go of the minor frustrations of daily life. When more major problems appear, I can usually take a step back and acknowledge the pain, confusion or hurt without getting pulled under by them. Once a month this changes. […]
What Warriors Wear
by on October 21, 2018 6 Comments
I learned to do my makeup from a Texas beauty queen. I sort of knew how to do my makeup, but she taught me to take it to the next level. I learned what colors compliment my skin, how to best accentuate my eyes, and how to pull my hair up so it didn’t get […]
Our Nude Bodies: How Do I Protect My Daughter?
by on October 11, 2018 10 Comments
“If anyone ever touches your private parts, you hit them,” I told her. I’m sure she wondered why her mama was reversing the usual “do not hit” rule. My daughter’s cheeks are still soft with baby chub, though her body has lengthened. I stare at her four-year-old arms and legs sprawled out on the bottom […]
Rumors of a Shepherd in the Wild
by on September 25, 2018 6 Comments
By Corinne Shark | Instagram: @thesaltyshark Way out here in the wilderness, outside the old crumbling walls, out past everything I was always so sure I knew, out under neon cathedral skies, out beyond the margins of belonging, out along the frayed edges of my weary soul, there are rumors of a Shepherd. A Mender of […]
The Couch that Launched a Movement
by on September 2, 2018 17 Comments
Not many couches can say they’ve launched a women’s movement. Or a Book Club. But the red couch in our living room did. Leigh Kramer visited one Thanksgiving and when I’d asked her to start a SheLoves bookclub, she thought about this iconic piece of furniture and emailed back: What if we called it the Red Couch […]
