Miranda Kate

Tag: love

  • Hold on Loosely: What I learned in 2018

    2018 was a year of limp hands. Fists clenched so tightly, were forced open – forced to let go. While a painful lesson, there is a lot of freedom that comes from losing what you thought you couldn’t live without. Because I now know that I can – in fact – live without it. And…

  • Dear divorce

    Dear divorce, Thanks to you, I learned nothing on earth lasts as long as it should. Dear divorce, You spread the heinous lie that ‘happiness’ is on the other side of leaving, that it’s the only answer You convinced them that ‘children are resilient;’ after all, we ‘want you to be happy.’ Dear divorce, You…

  • The truth about control and love

    I tried to control him Boy did I try It did not work out (clearly) But not for lack of trying. If you’ve ever been in the hair products section of a Wal-Mart or Target, you’ll get an idea of how much women love control. We want it, we need it, we thrive on it.…

  • I’m not ready for marriage, but I’m doing it anyway – a man’s perspective.

    Last week I proposed to my girlfriend and, amazingly enough, she said yes. If you knew me, you would know that is nothing short of a miracle. As I began to share the news with family and friends, a trend developed among my male cohorts. Their response took some form or another of the sentence,…

  • The comeback kid

    My mom loves to remind me of the day I learned to ride a bike. There was a big hula balloo because the Rodriguez siblings had gotten new bikes! Oh, happy day! My new bike was sans training wheels which only added to my excitement. Unfortunately, as six-year-old Miranda soon realized, learning to ride a…

  • My kind of broken

    Kelly Clarkson has this song called ‘Dark Side’ that I really love. It’s not as well known as some of her other hits but I think it has a lot of truth to it. The gist of the song is that we all have a ‘dark side’ and she wonders if we can be loved…

  • Monday 5: Perspective & other things I’m excited about this week

    Happy Monday everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start. This weekend was really a good one. Friday evening I had the privilege of hearing Immaculée Ilibagiza speak and it was truly inspiring (more on that later). Saturday morning my brother and I hit up the local upscale thrift shop and a little later…

  • Monday 5: Grace & other things I’m excited about this week

    For possibly the first time in over a year, this past Friday night I made zero plans. I went to bed at 9pm and woke up almost twelve hours later. It was amazing. Saturday was also very restful with a tiny bit of productivity mixed in there (yay for errands). My friend Juliana came over…

  • Monday 5: Obedience & other things I’m excited about this week

    This weekend included the first lazy Saturday I’ve had in a while and it was amazing. We also got drinks with friends Friday evening, I had my first bachelorette party Saturday night and yesterday we paddle boarded all the way to Shem Creek! It took us a couple of hours, between the ride there, the drink…

  • What we can learn from the evolution of Taylor Swift

    I still remember where I was when I heard one of Taylor Swift’s songs for the first time. I was riding in the back of a neighbor’s minivan and my friend showed me the CD case of her debut album as we listened to ‘Teardrops on my Guitar.’ I liked her music right away and…