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The Art of You – 7 Signs You’ve Lost the Girl You Used to Be

by Marva | Sun Sparkle Shine

Have you ever felt like your personal identity isn't yours anymore? These 7 signs clue you into what's missing so that you can find a way to bring YOU back.

Have you ever felt like your personal identity isn’t yours anymore? Like you’ve lost sight of who you are? I’m not exactly sure when it happened. One minute I was me. Next minute, ‘who’s this?’. Somewhere between saying ‘yes’ and having my first child, I lost her. Me. And if you’re like me, you’re not even […]

Filed Under: Christian Living, Personal Development Tagged With: having it all, personal development, personal identity, self development, true identity, women

Lessons from an Eight-Year Old on Being a Woman

by Marva | Sun Sparkle Shine

Ever had your views about parenting girls turned upside down? In this I am Woman post read what my 8-year old daughter taught me about being a woman.

“Whew”, I thought. “Now this one will be easy”. That was my reaction when I first found out we were having a girl — a little sister to our soon to be 2-year old boy. Somehow, I held in my mind the image of boys running wild, catching lizards (yikes!) and breaking everything in their […]

Filed Under: Intentional Living, Life Lessons Tagged With: bringing up girls, guest post, I Am Woman, parenting, self improvement, women

Sparkle – A Christian Event for Women

by Marva | Sun Sparkle Shine

We are very excited about our upcoming Christian event for women. We are rolling out details later this week so stay tuned to hear all about it.  Remember, you were made to sparkle!

Filed Under: Sparkle - The Event Tagged With: Christian events, dreams, fulfilling my purpose, sparkle, women

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