Brenda Rodgers

Category: Raising Girls

  • Strategies to Help You Overcome the Comparison Game

    I grew up in a family that loved to play board games together. Every year we would all anticipate a new board game under the Christmas tree. The times of playing together as a family were always fun. There was sure to be laughter in learning the rules of a new game and excitement in playing it. My mother almost always won.

    However, there is one particular game I learned to play as a very young girl. It is one I continue to play today. It isn’t enjoyable. It isn’t exciting. And I never win. No one wins at this game.

    Welcome to ‘The Comparison Game”.

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  • A Prayer for the Childless on Mother’s Day

    My lifetime has not been childless. I was only without a child for a season, even though I didn’t know at the time that it would only be for a season. So I don’t write this prayer with any sense of truly knowing what’s it’s like to never have a biological or adoptive child. I write this prayer out of my own past memories on Mother’s Day and the feelings I felt. I write this prayer because my heart aches for those of you who do not have children, for whatever reason, and who desperately want them. This is the prayer I’m praying for you.

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  • When You Have Nothing More to Say about Motherhood

    Mother’s Day is tomorrow, and I feel I should write something about motherhood and being a mom because I’m a writer and I have a blog, so isn’t that what I should do? Not to mention I found out just this past Wednesday that I’m having another girl and today we decided on her name.

    But to be honest I have nothing more to say about motherhood. Everything has already been said.

    Motherhood seems so cliché.

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  • You’re an Avocado :: Pregnancy at 4 Months with Baby 2

    I was told that second (and third and fourth and so on) pregnancies go by faster than the first one because that other baby you now have keeps your mind a little preoccupied. Not to mention your body that’s busy chasing her! Well, for me that couldn’t be more true. I cannot believe that I am approaching the half-way mark. Believe it or not, it makes me a little sad, and happy, at the same time.

    With my first baby I loved being pregnant. Loved it. This one has been harder, however, one thing I still love is knowing this is the closest physically I’ll ever be with my child again. From the time he or she is born until forever, he (or she) will be moving further away from me. Which is the way it’s supposed to be, and that’s a good thing. But for now, I like him (or her) right here. I have 24 more weeks of “as close as I ever will be” and I’m going to savor it.

    As we wait, we continue to grow . . .

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  • The First Scrape of the Season

    The temperature finally got up to 70 degrees for the second time this year. I know for those of you who live in other parts of the country you’re still dreaming of 60’s. But for this southern girl who’s motto is “the hotter the better” all winter long I lament the fact that I’m not blessed enough to live in Texas. A day in the 70’s sets my attitude straight.

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  • When You Believe a Boyfriend Will Complete You

    Dear Single Lady,

    Do you believe a boyfriend will fill the emptiness in your life and heart? I’ve been there. But let me tell you, a boyfriend does not fill the emptiness. My married friends have told me that neither does a husband. Yet, this lie is something so many single women believe.

    Why do we think we need boyfriends in order to feel complete?

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