Author: Annie

Perfectly Unique Gift Guide

If you are Santa (you aren’t. Santa is real.), then I want to be your elf. For the next few days, I want to help you. If you are going to gift one of my little books, I want to share with you some easy things that go along with the book, in case you

A Brave Story : Serena

[Once a week, I am going to be sharing with you a brave story sent in from a reader. You can comment, respond, encourage. Want to submit your own story or a story of a brave friend of yours? Head to thatisbrave.com!] This week’s #thatisbrave story comes from Serena. The content of this story is

When singleness feels like a mess.

Being single during the holidays sometimes feels like a mess. I’m a pretty confident fun-loving gal who appreciates the life I have. But something happens during the holiday season- my friend Kelley calls it “hyper-awareness”- when my singleness just feels. IT FEELS. It’s palpable in December moments in ways it never shows in April. God

Christmas Crackoff!

Last night was one of my favorite nights of the year- the night when my small group gals all spend the night. We call it a Small Group Snoozle because we think that is funny. This is our 6th one; we have spent the night here at my house on the last Tuesday of the

A Brave Story : Krista

[Once a week, I am going to be sharing with you a brave story sent in from a reader. You can comment, respond, encourage. Want to submit your own story or a story of a brave friend of yours? Head to thatisbrave.com!] This week’s #thatisbrave story comes from Krista. The content of this story is

Let’s All Be Brave Ornament + Mug!

You guys you guys you guys! Loooooook! You may have already seen these on instagram, but looooook! A Christmas ornament! A beautiful mug! . . . . . So here’s how it went down. I love the stuff that Glory Haus makes and I love Laura Kirkland, one of their artists. She has been a

2014 Bookplates!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…… BOOKPLATES! No joke. For three years running now this has become one of my very.favorite.things. Autographed books as Christmas gifts are awesome. Unfortunately, unless you live on my street in Nashville, I can’t personalize each book. BUT. I can mail you a signed bookplate that sticks inside

A Brave Story : Elizabeth

[Once a week, I am going to be sharing with you a brave story sent in from a reader. You can comment, respond, encourage. Want to submit your own story or a story of a brave friend of yours? Head to thatisbrave.com!] This week’s #thatisbrave story comes from Elizabeth. Sharing your story is always brave,

What you should tell your teen (and yourself) about Kim Kardashian

If you haven’t seen, new nude magazine cover photos were released of Kim Kardashian this week. (It’s not the first time, but it surely seems to be the most viral release.) It has been hard, nearly impossible, to avoid seeing her full backside displayed, and as of yesterday, her full frontside as well. And while

Dear Bloom Book Club (and every other reader of Let’s All Be Brave)

The Bloom Book Club officially ends today. Over the last month and a half or so, hundreds of women across the internet have been reading Let’s All Be Brave together, discussing it on Facebook and on the Bloom Book Club page, and watching videos where I sat on my red couch and talked about my