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Listen, Lovely. Can You Hear Your Name?

by davidttofilon@gmail.com | Jun 21, 2019 | Articles, Mom Body, Young Women

  Photo credit: The talented Baylee Grambling @ Unsplash. Girl, next time you post a photo of yourself doing something fun — playing at the beach, eating dinner with girlfriends, snuggling with your younger sibling, be ready. There is always someone out...

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This poem is about when I noticed my body changing This poem is about when I noticed my body changing, especially during adolescence. For whatever reason, I noticed the changes most when I was moving, especially when I was dancing.
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When our girl-bodies experience change, we don’t always understand what is happening. I think that’s true whether you’re 15 or 45.
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But I can tell you one thing. We can absolutely talk about it. In fact, we NEED to talk about the changes our bodies experience.
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I hope you’re finding or creating
💕safe places💕
to talk about your body as you change. Every girl needs this.
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Experiencing change in isolation is well...isolating. And we don’t need more of that, do we girls?
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I can’t wait for you to meet my BTC Friday Guest tomorrow. She is brave, and she communicates a message about you being God’s Plan A, just as you are.
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Even if you’re in a wild season of change, Lovely.
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This is for you, Lovely. A reminder of what you al This is for you, Lovely. A reminder of what you already know, Daughter, Sister, Cousin, Friend.
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My little red friend knows where to go when he is My little red friend knows where to go when he is hungry. He’ll leave the protection of his warm nest and brave frigid winds (and Texas-sized snowflakes!!!) to feed on a few tasty morsels in our backyard birdhouse. 
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The more you’re here, the more I’m hope you see where to go when you are feeling hungry for more — for more mercy, grace, kindness, compassion.
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May You return to God, our generous Father this week — a hundred times or maybe a thousand times. He abounds in steadfast love!
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