HAPPY 2nd ANNIVERSARY TAYP

Happy 2nd Anniversary to TAYP

I’m excited! Today, we officially finished our second year at TAYP. Also, I’m surprised we made it this far. In 2013, when God asked me to start this blog, I promised Him I would do it only for a year. That’s all. One year. There were so many times I wanted to stop writing that…

Oak Tree In Full Leaf In Summer Standing Alone

When I Learned to Have Joy in My Suffering

The seed contains the blessings of life. It is so small, so frail, yet it produces vegetables, fruit, trees, flowers – all wonderful nutrition from which we thrive. However, does the seed know this when we plant it in the ground? Does it understand how strong and beautiful it will be after its season under…

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Love Lessons: My First Relationship

Looking back at the year 2014, I wanted to share with you an area of my life where God did some tremendous training – my first relationship. Being in a relationship is a lot different than we are conditioned to believe. Many TV shows and movies portray relationships that involve drama, lying, betrayal, and love…

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Living in Grace

Hi again, Princesses! My name is April, and I’m a good friend of Katya’s. (Remember me from the Examining Love series?) I’m so excited that Katya asked me to write to you girls again; having a little voice in your lives is an honor I don’t take lightly at all. When I found out that…

Happy 1st Anniversary to TAYP!

It has been quite a year! When I first started this blog I did not consider myself to be a writer. I only knew I had been given a dream about writing a blog for girls/women. Thankfully, I am a web designer and knew how to make that happen on the technical side, but in…

Restored Family

God Wants to Restore Your Family

“God Wants to Restore Your Family” is what I posted on Instagram this week. Now when I say “restore,” I’m not talking about just bringing separated parents back together or siblings moving back home, although I’m not saying He won’t do that either. I believe God wants to do something deeper than just physically restoring…