Tag: christian
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Full
In 2023 alone, I have counted at least 7 different changes that are headed my way. They seem to be washing over me like a flood. There are moments (you know, the good ones where I’m actually focused on Jesus) when I’m just excited and smile thinking about it all. And then there are moments…
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Women Are Work
Ladies, let’s face it: We just are. We are conditioned to believe that we are competing with one another not cooperating with one another. Our desire to be seen, known, loved, admired, and valued is often in the driver’s seat of our relationships, while the backseat driver is fear, insecurity, guilt, and approval. With those…
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Yes & Amen
Yes just may be my favorite word. It’s so fun to say. I love saying it and I love hearing it. I’m a say-yes wife and a say-yes mom. I’m a say-yes teacher and a say-yes leadership advisor. A woman I look up to once said: “Say yes as often as you can, so that…
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Gentleness & Judgement
I do not have a gentle and quiet spirit, and I judge judgmental people. Basically, I’m a loud hypocrite. Today is about discussing the things God is doing in my heart right now, and these are the most glaring. “Judge not lest ye be judged.” We’ve all heard the words of Jesus come out of…
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Vulnerability & Rejection
“Hi. My name is Aubri and God is recovering me from fear of abandonment and co-dependency.”
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Rainbow-Unicorn-Butterflies
Have you seen de-motivational posters? They are hilarious. This one on optimism got me good. Articles on toxic-positivity keep popping up in my feeds, and I would say that I’m surprised, but let’s be honest, if you know me, you are probably thinking: “Well, that’s appropriate!” One of my co-workers dubbed me the cotton-candy tornado.…
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Mothers & Martians
I am not a natural mother-woman. Over the last 19+ years, it has become glaringly apparent that there are just some things that come easier to other women than they do for me. Breastfeeding was a complete disaster. So much so that I would go to the car to do it if we were in…
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Love & Underground Gardens
It is day one of our 22nd year of marriage. Yesterday we did something old & something new. Neither of us had ever been to the Underground Gardens in Fresno and I like doing things that we have never done before. It wasn’t what I expected, but John had seen it on “California’s Gold” back…
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The Gift of Regret
“Someone is going to die, and someone is going to get pregnant, and you are all going to regret it.” -Aubri O’Brien (circa 1997) Words and moments I am not proud of tend to play over and over again in my mind like scenes from a movie I just can’t unwatch. Sometimes it’s things I…
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Love God, Love Others & Write
(Repost from July 30, 2019) Where do I start? That is seriously the question I am asking myself at this very moment. I know that God has put on my heart to write, but what exactly am I supposed to be writing? I have had book ideas for years, words just seem to want to…
People & Society 