Posts Tagged ‘body’
Eating an Orange: Women and Food
February 22nd, 2012 by Jonalyn
I sat with an unpeeled orange in my lap looking out over the snowy hill. I could see the spot where we buried Lady Lucia, our oldest, loveliest corgi’s body (The Day Lucy Fell Into Shadow), the earth a little more scarred from the effort of digging a grave in the winter (Digging) I suppose [...]
Tags: body, food, marriage, motherhood, pain, sex
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Smiling Too Much
January 3rd, 2012 by Jonalyn
We spent New Year’s in Pebble Beach at a dear cousin’s home. We walked Carmel’s beach and watched picture-perfect blond women walking scores of blond retrievers. Beautiful women, beautiful children, beautiful dogs. Some posing for pictures with beautiful teeth to add to the mix. We saw vacationers smiling next to the 17-Mile Drive Lone Cypress. [...]
Tags: body, motherhood, spiritual growth
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To Cut or Not to Cut: Breast Reduction Surgery the Healthy Way
November 30th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I caught up with a co-founder of a non-profit in town to talk about her recent plastic surgery. Tara Chavarria and her husband run Christ for Life Sk8 Church a safe place for troubled teens to find community, hope and Jesus. Besides being a wife, mother and director of operations to Sk8 Church, on September 13 [...]
Tags: beauty, body, family, marriage, pain, sex
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When Virgins Marry
October 19th, 2011 by Jonalyn
From as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to have good sex. I can psychoanalyze all the reasons, but to keep it simple, let me just say I heard sex was fun and I wanted to have a lot of fun. So I bought this purity necklace with the words “Taken” on it and [...]
Tags: body, loving Jesus, marriage, sex
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Theology, essays, sexperts and novels on my nightstand
October 12th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I’ve come across some books you need to know about, places my soul stopped, places others who want to walk into more freedom will find some refreshing water. These titles were not sent to me seeking endorsement; I didn’t get them for free. Rather, I bought to pore over them. Each deserve a full post [...]
Tags: beauty, body, Gender Studies, marriage, reviews, sex, spiritual growth
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How Tina Fey Helped me Love My Body
August 31st, 2011 by Jonalyn
Do you know how many women say broad-minded things in public (Every woman is beautiful in her own way), but don’t believe it in their heart of hearts, at least not of themselves? Not of their body. I’ve been looking for a woman who knows how to face the funny facts of her body, laugh, own and [...]
Tags: beauty, body, feminin/masculin-ity, reviews, vulnerability
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When a Man You Love Was Abused – Book Review
August 17th, 2011 by Jonalyn
There is a silent epidemic among the men we know and love. For every six men, one has been sexually abused. Why read a book on men and sexual abuse? To put it simply and confidentially, I know men who have been sexually abused. I want to understand them and love them better. I’ve pored over [...]
Tags: apologetics, body, family, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage, pain, reviews, sex, vulnerability
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