by Jen Hatmaker
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Julie Humphries
Suzanne DeLaney
Nichole Forbes
Amy Guthrie
Katie Hurst
Alyssa
Codie Forman
Amanda Gutierrez
Jessica Hurtt
DeLosSantos
Michelle Fortik
Sue Hall
Elizabeth Huston
Danielle DeWitt
Brooke Fradd
Kassi Hamilton
Amanda Hutson
Jennifer Dickey
Barbara Fritz
Jessica Hamlet
Shannon Imel
Nicole Diehl
Carol Fruge
Laura Hamrick
Lesley Islas
Amy Dieter-Decker
Terri Fullerton
Kendra Hanson
Darcie Jackson
Eryn Dillion
Jennifer Gardner
Harmony Harkema
Holly Jackson
Meleah Dillion
Kerry Gardner
Carolyn Harper
Marie Jackson
Molly Dixon
Holly Garin
Lora Hartwell
Ronna-Renee
Grace Dobson
Ashley Garrett
Nanette Haskin
Jackson
April Dobson
Jenny Garwood
Jodi Hatmaker
Maribeth Jacobson
Emily Donehoo
Jen Gash
Jennifer Hayes
Heather Ann
Lauren Douglas
Beth Gates
Kelly Haynes
James
Brandi Dowdy
Amy Gatlin
Tracey Heber
Heather Jenkins
Terra Doyle
Kiah Geleynse
Heather Hefter
Amanda Johnson
Stacey Drake
Brianna George
Andrea
Jill Johnson
Amanda Duckett
Heidi Gerson
Heidebrecht
Kelly Johnson
Christina Duncan
Heather Gerwing
Christa Held
Laura Johnson
Jennifer Early
Lauren Gibbins
Heather
Morgan Johnson
Erin Earnest
Corie Gibbs
Henderson
Becky Johnston
Carlee Easton
Kathryn Giese
Angela
Leanne Johnston
Brandi-lin Ebersole
Anne Gift
Henderson Orr
Amanda Jones
Amy Edgar
Lindsey Gipson
Melissa
Amity Jones
Mandy
Ann Goade
Hendrickson
Christine Jones
Edmondson
Marci Godfroy
Dana Herndon
Melissa Jorgensen
Andi Edwards
Jen Goforth
Linda Hibner
Cara Joyner
Katie Eller
Vicki Gordillo Watt
Kate Hight-Clark
Pamela Justus
Laura Elliott
Nicki Gorney
Elizabeth Hijar
Stephanie Kandray
Stephenie Ellis
Angela Gottschalk
Connie Hill
Eva Keener
Emily Engle
Krista Gradias
Rachel Hill
Amy Keffer
Rachael Ennis
Heather Grady
Carrie Himel
Helen Kerr
Katy Epling
Karen Graham
Ashlie Hogan
Tammie Kidd
Rebecca Kiger
Jackie Lumpkin
Jill Mitchell
Loyce Pickett
Michelle Kime
Abbie Mabary
Erin Moffitt
Barbara Pitt
Jana King
Kathy Macheras
Monica Montoya
Kacy Pleasants
Lauren King
Deedra Mager
Angie Mood
Ashley Pooser
Megan Kinser
Donna Mahoney
Sherry Mora
Kimberly Poovey
Pam Kinser
Cathleen Maloney
Noelle Morin
Anna Price
Shannon Kitchen
Kate Mardis
Cheryl Moses
Deidre Price
Katie Kleinjung
Rebekah Johnson
Lori Motal
Michelle Prichard
Jennifer Kleparek
Maricelli
Jenny Mrochek
Casey Purnhagen
Cherilyn Klomp
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Rosanna Mullet
Megan Quiggle
Barbara Knepper
Dana Martin
Claire Mummert
Jenni Quinn
Leslie Knight
Jeanna Martin
Katie Mumper
Cheri Rainer
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Carroll Marxen
Laura Murray
Sara Rains
Aundi Kolber
Anna Maschke
Aline Nahhas
Delia Ramsey
Melody Kopp
Tracy Massey
Wendy Navel
Kate Rankin
Cindy Kreassig
Emily Mastrantonio
Erin Needham
Suzanne Rees
Shawna Kurth
Kelley Mathews
Melinda Nelson
Amanda Regas
Rebecca LaCount
Melinda Mattson
Jennifer Nelson
Pattie Reitz
Maggie Laird
Sarah May
Lindsey Nihart
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April Lambiotte
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McKinley Rich
Lindsay Langdon
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Jill Richardson
Grace Langer
Kristi McClellan
Jacey Nordmeyer
Tesa Riddle
Beth Latshaw-Foti
Cara McConnell
Fawnda Norman
Melissa Ried
Rachel Lawrence
Crissy McDowell
Celine Noyes
Becky Ritta
Karen Laywell
April McGrew
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Stefanie Ritz
Anna LeBaron
Kara McLendon
Audra Ohm
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Lauren McMinn
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Amber O'Toole
Michelle Robinson
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Kelly Meehan
Heather Parker
Melody Roebuck
Christy LeRoy
Sally Mellinger
Julia Parker
Melissa Roetzel
KariAnn Lessner
Nancy Messinger
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Tara Rooks
Brandy Lidbeck
Kande Milano
Pam Parker
Kristin Rosenbaum
Candace Lierd
Taylor Millender
Jaclyn Parsons
Katelyn Roskamp
Jan Liles
Amanda Miller
Catherine
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Jenny Ross
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Stephanie Patel
Kelly Ruark
Stephanie Lloyd
Maggie Miller
Amy Paulson
Anna Rubin
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Rebecca Miller
Lindsay Pentecost
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Heather Long
Brittany Miller
Kirsten Petro
Tiffany Sanchez
Julie Long
Mancill
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Allison Pickett
Bree Sapp
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Jennifer Stacy
Cristy Tucker
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Robin Sayers
Mary Stagner
Lori Turnbow
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Amanda Schafer
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Emily Tuttle
JJ West
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Robin Tutwiler
Erin Wevers
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Kristin Stewart
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Sandy Stewart
Denise Tyriver
Annie White
Erica Schreiber
Lori Stilger
Michelle Unwin
Carlson
Elizabeth
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Katie Vale
Jessica Whitley
Schulenburg
Sheila Stover
Penni Van Horn
Kimberly Widmer
Sarah Schultz
Morgan Strehlow
Erin Vande Lune
Amy Wiebe
Kate Scoggins
Ann Stritt
Jodi Vanderhoof
Krista Wilbur
Melissa Scroggins
Rose Stroemer
Rachel Vasquez
Amy Wilkins
Barb Seidle
Joana Studer
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Jennifer Willerton
Jessica Sellers
Jody Leigh
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Linda Willett
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Erin Shafer
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Carrie Williford
Kelly Shank
Pat Sutton
Jenny Veleke
Laurel Williston
Tamara Shope
Torrey Swan
Perri Verdino-Gates
Joan Brichacek
Julie Shreve
Ruth Szpunar
Tami Vigesaa
Wilson
Charity Simpson
Carmel Tajonera
Karli Von herbulis
Jemelene Wilson
Raleen Sloan
Jenna Taylor
Stephanie Vos
Annaliese Wink
Natalie Slusser
Shannon Taylor
Camille Walker
Amanda Wissmann
Donna Smit
Ashley Thomas
Rachel Walker
Jessica Wolfe
Kelly Smith
Kibbie Thomas
Beth Walker
Erin Woods
LeeAnna Smith
Beth Thompson
Jenny Warren
Mandy Wren
Liz Smith
Carrie Beth Tigges
Erin Waters
Jeane Wynn
Sheila Smude
Judy Tompkins
Holly Waugh
Curtis Yates
Keri Snyder
Amanda Torres
Beth Webb
Anita Yaussi
Shawna Soto
Johanna Trainer
Melinda Wedding
Lori Young
Jennifer Spills-
Kirsten Trambley
Karmen Weddle
Becky Yurisich
Davis
Melanie Traver
Melissa Weimer
Carmen Zeisler
Brenna Staats
Embo Tshimanga
Sarah Weir
Lindsay Zielonka
NOTES
EPIGRAPH
1.Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Amy in chapter 44.
CHAPTER 1: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2000), 157, 159.
CHAPTER 1: UNBRANDED
1.Jen Hatmaker, Interrupted (Colorado Springs: Navpress, 2009), 29.
2.“The Everlasting Man Quotes,” Goodreads, accessed February 22, 2017, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2420302.
CHAPTER 2: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Jill Churchill quotes,” ThinkExist.com, http://thinkexist.com/quotation/there_is_no_way_to_be_a_perfect_mother-and_a/174966.html.
CHAPTER 4: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (Mineola, NY: Dover, 1990), 8.
CHAPTER 5: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.This quote is attributed to C. S. Lewis, Lena Horne, and Lou Holtz. Research showed that it does not belong to Lewis but has been quoted by both Horne and Holtz.
CHAPTER 6: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Jane Austen, Mansfield Park (New York: Penguin, 1996), 217.
CHAPTER 7: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Quote by Laura Ingalls Wilder,” Quotery, accessed January 4, 2017, http://www.quotery.com/quotes/home-is-the-nicest-word-there-is/.
CHAPTER 8: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“George Sand Quotes,” BrainyQuote, accessed January 4, 2017, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgesand143443.html.
CHAPTER 9: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Hannah Hutyra, “107 Audrey Hepburn Quotes That Will Inspire You,” KeepInspiring.me, accessed January 4, 2017, http://www.keepinspiring.me/audrey-hepburn-quotes/.
CHAPTER 10: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Wikipedia, s.v. “Arthur O’Shaughnessy,” last modified December 24, 2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Arthur_O’Shaughnessy. “Ode” was first published in 1873 and quoted by Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
CHAPTER 11: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Dr. Seuss Wisdom Quotes,” accessed January 4, 2017, http://www.wisdomquotes.com/quote/dr-seuss-2.html.
CHAPTER 12: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Zora Neale Hurston Quotes,” Brainy Quote, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/z/zoranealeh132700.html.
CHAPTER 12: SANCTUARY
1.Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird (New York: Anchor Books, 1995), 22. Anne attributes this to her “priest friend Tom.”
CHAPTER 13: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Joan Rivers Quotes,” Brainy Quote, accessed January 4, 2017.
CHAPTER 14: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Agatha Christie Quotes,” Brainy Quote, accessed January 4, 2017, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/agathachri401066.html.
CHAPTER 15: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“I Used to Be Snow White, But I Drifted,” Quote Investigator, June 29, 2013, http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/06/29/snow-drift/.
CHAPTER 15: DOLDRUMS
1.Dictionary.com, http://www/dictionary.com/browse/doldrums.
CHAPTER 16: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Football Quotes,” Sports Feel Good Stories, accessed January 4, 2017, www.sportsfeelgoodstories.com/football-quotes/.
CHAPTER 17: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Phylicia Rashad Quotes,” Brainy Quote, accessed January 4, 2017, /www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/phyliciara 504113.html.
/> CHAPTER 18: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Anne Lamott, Facebook post, April 8, 2015 at 4:31p.m., https://m.facebook.com/AnneLamott/posts/662177577245222.
CHAPTER 18: FORGIVENESS SCHOOL
1.Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2005), 40.
2.“Henri J.M. Nouwen Quotes,” Goodreads, accessed January 4, 2017, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1625.
CHAPTER 19: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Benjamin Franklin Quotes,” Brainy Quote, accessed February 24, 2017, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr132175.html. Benjamin Franklin sent a letter written in French to his friend Monsieur L’Abbé Morellet (André Morellet) that discussed wine and God. In 1818 William Temple Franklin, who was the grandson of Benjamin, published a posthumous collection of the statesman’s letters based on the originals.
CHAPTER 20: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“St. Thomas Aquinas,” The Preterist Archive, accessed January 4, 2017, http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/a/aquinasthomas.html.
CHAPTER 21: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Sophie Tucker Quotes,” ThinkExist.com, accessed January 4, 2017, http://thinkexist.com/quotation/from_birth_to_age-a_girl_needs_good_parents-from/263341.html.
CHAPTER 22: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.Toni Morrison quote from Beloved, Good Reads, accessed February 26, 2017, http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1056996-grown-don-t-mean-nothing-to-a-mother-a-child-is.
CHAPTER 23: FULL PAGE QUOTE
1.“Helen Keller Quotes,” Brainy Quote, accessed February 26, 2017, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/helenkelle109208.html.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jen Hatmaker is the author of the New York Times bestseller For the Love (plus eleven other books) and happy hostess of a tightly knit online community where she reaches millions of people each week. She is a high-functioning introvert who lives her home life in yoga pants and her travel life in fancy yoga pants. She and her husband, Brandon, founded the Legacy Collective, a giving community that granted more than a million dollars in its first year and funds sustainable solutions to systemic problems locally and globally. They also starred in the popular series My Big Family Renovation on HGTV and stayed married through a six-month remodel. Jen is a mom to five, a sought-after speaker, and a delighted resident of Austin, Texas, where she and her family are helping keep Austin weird. For more information, visit jenhatmaker.com.