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  1. Kristin,
    I love this! It’s so true. And we all do it. I think it’s the ego speaking…who wants people to be judging us and talking about us? Not THE EGO! So normal. It’s about the ego being accepted and not looking foolish. The best thing I saw on instagram was someone who has a blog about food/health/body image, her name is Stephanie Gaudrea, and she injured her front tooth due to a childhood accident. It finally had to come out and she did posts and smiled with her front tooth missing!! She tries to be real! It was amazing and I doubt I could have done it.

    Thanks for your posts Kristin. Keep striving to be real and good luck at U of M. Praying for you!

    Donna

    1. Hi Donna, thank you for your comment! You nailed it that it’s all about the ego! Isn’t that the truth! I am going to have to check out Stephanie’s blog! Sounds like we have a lot of the same thoughts :). Thank you most of all for all of the love and support you continue to give, Donna. It means a lot to me!

  2. Kristin, one thing I’ve lived about you from the beginning is your real-ness! Post surgery pics? Who else would allow that? Even though God sees us for who we really are, I think He sees us through the perfect filter of Jesus’ blood. And, Igottatellya, you could do a lot worse than that. I used to pride myself on having a perfect home, especially regarding cleanliness. Yesterday a friend brought what may be “the” guy for us to meet. I invited them out to the porch as an early evening rain started and we had a nice breeze. As we talked, my eyes caught a glimpse of two or three little spider webs. I was so pleased to realize I wasn’t freaked out! If they noticed that little imperfection, it certainly didn’t affect the quality Lott of the communication, which was pure sweetness. If we had insisted on perfection for that visit to happen, we might have missed a precious time!

    1. Oh Mary Alice, your words of wisdom I could just soak up constantly! You speak so much truth into my life! I LOVE what you said about how God see us – “through the perfect filter of Jesus’ blood.” Amen to that! I hadn’t looked at it all from that perspective, even though I know and believe that to be true. I always see it horizontally, how we are all trying to live out perfection, but truly, it doesn’t matter – all what matters is how we live our lives for him! I enjoyed the story about the spider webs – I might’ve been apologetic about them, but you just let them go and didn’t make a big deal out of it. I might remember that the next time I see food stuck in our carpet or crumbs laying everywhere! I so appreciate you words and your constant care of my heart. You have poured so much into me, Mary Alice and I can’t thank you enough!

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