Belle Brita - Beliefs https://bellebrita.com/category/beliefs/ A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:07:02 +0000 en hourly 1 70618101 I Will Never Have the Best Year of My Life http://bellebrita.com/2025/07/death-birth-sorrow-joy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=death-birth-sorrow-joy Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:07:02 +0000 http://bellebrita.com/?p=8019 When I graduated high school, my friend Matt was the valedictorian. In his class address, he said that our four years together were good, but they weren’t the best years of our life. The best years were yet to come. It was a good speech. At the time, I didn’t have much to compare it... [Read More]

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]]> 8019 Sexual Harassment on the Frozen Foods Aisle http://bellebrita.com/2022/04/sexual-harassment-grocery-store/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sexual-harassment-grocery-store Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:43:23 +0000 http://bellebrita.com/?p=7943 You are so gorgeous. The words hit me quickly, quietly. Panic rose up in my throat even as I kept pushing my cart down the aisle. My heart racing, my anxiety spiking, an adrenaline rush of fear–all in a split second, before my mind could even process. Did that just happen? I immediately started second-guessing... [Read More]

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]]> 7943 Challenge Accepted: A Controversial Instagram Trend http://bellebrita.com/2020/08/challenge-accepted-instagram-trend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=challenge-accepted-instagram-trend Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:08:42 +0000 http://bellebrita.com/?p=7801 Is your Instagram feed flooded with badass women posting black and white photos of themselves and writing out Challenge Accepted? My pinktastic, feminist soul initially loved this celebration of womanhood, especially the way my friends took part. My friends who decided to post are women who do volunteer work in their communities, who use their... [Read More]

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]]> 7801 My Eye is on the Sparrow http://bellebrita.com/2020/02/my-eye-is-on-the-sparrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-eye-is-on-the-sparrow Thu, 27 Feb 2020 01:17:13 +0000 http://bellebrita.com/?p=7502 Welcome to the eighteenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Spirituality. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Strength.  While brainstorming today’s blog post, I looked out at the bird-feeders in my front garden. Immediately the words came... [Read More]

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]]> 7502 The Problem with Strong Independent Women http://bellebrita.com/2020/02/strong-independent-women-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strong-independent-women-problem Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:45:42 +0000 http://bellebrita.com/?p=7492 Welcome to the seventeenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Strength. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Forgiveness.  “Brita is a strong independent woman who don’t need no man,” my best friend joked at a... [Read More]

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]]> 7492 Learning How to Live with Grief http://bellebrita.com/2020/02/living-with-grief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-with-grief Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:56 +0000 http://bellebrita.com/?p=7450 Welcome to the twelfth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Challenges. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Respect.  Grief is a learning process. It’s been 4 1/2 years since my mom died. I still think about... [Read More]

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