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Upcoming {online} Conference

Hey everyone!!! Wanted to let you know about an upcoming mini-conference that Micaela (founder here and blogger here and here and here) and I are doing! we will be doing a

True Beauty Mini-Conference!

Subjects will include:

The world's influence on our thinking

What the Bible says about body image and beauty

How to attain true beauty

and more! Micaela and Cosette will be addressing other topics that relate to true beauty, such as how we interact with guys.

Mark your calendar, let us know if you can come, and we hope to see you there!

A special thank-you

My dad's in the National Guard. He's been deployed to Afghanistan twice, once when I was 7-8 and once when I was 12-13. Memorial Day is to honor troops, who have given their lives and who are still living and give their time, and I want to say thank you to those troops. Thank you for your sacrifice. Thank you, military families, for sacrificing time with your husband, wife, father, or mother. I know how tough that is.

I'd also like to say thank-you to those who support the troops and the military families. Your support means a lot. It's hard to get through something like that, but it's a bit easier when others come up beside you and hold your hand and run through it with you. So thanks.

Book review + giveaway

I know I haven't posted in a while, but I just wanted to let you know about this book review and giveaway... I think it's great to be able to read detailed book reviews like this!

http://www.rachellerea.com/2013/05/the-revised-life-of-ellie-sweet-by.html?showComment=1368455147939#c2012882512738554875

On the Bike Ride of Life

consider these statements spiritually.

The Bike Ride of Life.

What will you do on it?

How fast will you "roll," or should I say, how much time will you take to gather in the beautiful sights?

Why are you riding? What is your purpose? What do you STRIVE for?

Who or what will you run over?

Who or what will you lift up?

Do you simply push the people in front of you, or do you pull the people behind you?

What path are you on?

What paths will you turn on to?

What trail will you leave?

Do you give up the up-hills?

Do you free your hair to tangle in the breeze down-hill?

Or do you hold yourself back to be sure your hair looks okay?

Do you fill those tires with air?

Do you cruise?

Do you sweat?

Are you balanced?

Do you stop at the stop sign?

Do you go at the green light?

Book Notification!

Hello, dear friends! I quickly wanted to tell you about a book that is currently$. 99 for the kindle. It's by Shelley Hitz, the founder of "Find your True Beauty" (see here) and the author of Mirror, Mirror, Am I beautiful? . The title of this $. 99 book is Body Image Lies Women Believe and the Truth of Christ that Sets Them Free. Try it out!