Mandy McCarty Harris

Youth Sports Are Ordinary, Which is Why They’ll Always Be Special To Me

Living, Sports
April 11, 2022
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

Youth Sports Are Ordinary, Which is Why They’ll Always Be Special To Me

It’s a normal thing, I guess. I’m sure millions of kids around the world play youth sports. Hundreds play in…

You Are So Much More Than a Before and After Picture

Living, Motherhood
July 7, 2021
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

You Are So Much More Than a Before and After Picture

I’m so sad about all the pictures I’ve taken in my life, believing that who I was at the moment…

I Believe in God and I Still Have a Million Questions

Faith
April 8, 2021
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

I Believe in God and I Still Have a Million Questions

Today my daughter came to me with some pretty heavy Heaven/Hell, God/Jesus, Adam/Eve, good/bad, prayer/worry questions. I took a deep…

Dear Husband: I Need Some Alone Time, So Please Take the Kids With You

Fatherhood, Marriage
February 23, 2021
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

Dear Husband: I Need Some Alone Time, So Please Take the Kids With You

Dear husbands, Take the kids. Take them with you. Need to run an errand? Take the kids. Think it would…

Bring Back the Tradition of a Victory Garden

Living
May 7, 2020
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

Bring Back the Tradition of a Victory Garden

In a throwback to old school living and embracing a simpler life, many families are turning to the World War…

Friendship
November 30, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

True Friendship is a Gift

There have certainly been times in my adult life I felt isolated. There have been seasons when, outside of my…

Date Nights Are Not What Held Our Marriage Together

Marriage
November 27, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

Date Nights Are Not What Held Our Marriage Together

“You should date your spouse.” I heard this advice as a newly married woman and hung my hat on its…

Faith
November 3, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

Church is Not a Place—It’s a People

Church didn’t happen this morning. Oh, it happened, but we weren’t there, if you consider the church to be a…

Praying With My Daughter Grew Both of Our Faiths

Faith, Kids, Motherhood
September 26, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

Praying With My Daughter Grew Both of Our Faiths

One of my longtime favorite places to pray has been in the car. Those rare and stolen moments of solitude…

Marriage
September 10, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

This is the Sweet Spot of Marriage

Every year I tiptoe the line between not wanting to be the girl who gushes about her wedding anniversary on…

Grief, Loss
August 31, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

The Journey of Grief is All Your Own

My 7-year-old daughter, Emma, died seven years ago from complications associated with Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration, an extremely rare and…

You’ll Always Love Your Kids, But Sometimes You Won’t Like Them Very Much

Kids, Motherhood
June 27, 2019
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By Mandy McCarty Harris

You’ll Always Love Your Kids, But Sometimes You Won’t Like Them Very Much

When I was three months pregnant with my first child, after a particularly difficult day with someone else’s rowdy toddler,…