A Christian Feminist Lifestyle Blog
On July 4th, 2014, I hit “Publish” on the very first post for Belle Brita. Except, of course, I called my blog “Bonjour, Y’all” back then. I quickly realized Belle Brita suited my blog better. While my content marketing, SEO, and social media knowledge put me in a good position to start my blog, I’ve… [Read More]
In 2011, I discovered Goodreads. My mom had always encouraged me to keep track of the books I read, but each attempt at writing them down failed due to my own laziness. Goodreads was the perfect solution! On the off chance you haven’t heard of Goodreads, it’s a website that allows you to organize the… [Read More]
With everything going on in June with my mom, I skipped my monthly installment of this blog series (check out Volume 1 and Volume 2). I’m excited to be back with three more things you don’t know about me! Plus, I have some exciting details on my June and July sponsors! What You Don’t Know About… [Read More]
Dan actually took these photos the Saturday before my mom died. She put together beautiful gardens in the front and back yards of our house. I enjoyed having a second photo shoot among her creations. Dan made this concrete paver for my mom’s garden. I’m so glad he was able to finish it in time… [Read More]
The problem with being a writer is that I only want to share the perfect words. But how can I describe something as heartbreaking as my mother’s death? What words are worthy of the beautiful life my mother lived? Sunday morning, after consulting with our weekend nurse from Hospice, Daddy made the difficult decision to move… [Read More]
Last week I admitted that as a kid, I didn’t understand why brides wore white dresses instead of their favorite color. My younger self vowed to wear a wedding dress of rainbows one day. At 16, I competed in my local Junior Miss pageant, wearing a beautiful pink gown. I decided then to wear my… [Read More]
