en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2198880 Comments by lauren sykes http://www.taminprogress.com/choosing-hurt-over-healing/#IDComment271569213 i've been so guilty of both. and right now i am trying to learn how to be "pain free" lauren and not feel guilty about it. knowing that He healed for me to dance in the story He's penning. thanks for sharing. . .raw and unedited. love you. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:36:59 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/choosing-hurt-over-healing/#IDComment271569213 http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/2012/01/its-de-lurking-time.html#IDComment264437578 i'm lauren. . .i stumbled upon your space here somewhere along the way because of your heart for adoption. i am adopted and have a huge heart for the least of these. hope and pray one day i'll have the opportunity to adopt a few of my own. i'm originally from the south but now call orange county home. i read because your honest and fun and do a great job striking the balance. and you never shy away from the hard topics. :) Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:13:16 +0000 http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/2012/01/its-de-lurking-time.html#IDComment264437578 http://www.ricianne.com/2011/12/all-things-are-possible-indeed.html#IDComment250241099 the beautiful unexpected. i love it. can't wait to read what the Lord does in the coming year :) Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:59:38 +0000 http://www.ricianne.com/2011/12/all-things-are-possible-indeed.html#IDComment250241099 http://www.taminprogress.com/whats-your-choice/#IDComment217410003 twizzlers. hands down. natural creamy pb on a banana...yes please. scented...preferably yankee candle christmas cookies :) camry. forever and ever amen (till one day when i prob have to succumb to the minivan) love real books but the convenience of my kindle.... phone...quicker and less effort required.... my idea of roughing it is a holiday inn express.... 2-ply with the TP coming over the top...and i will fix your roll if its the wrong way ;) Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:46:05 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/whats-your-choice/#IDComment217410003 http://www.taminprogress.com/what-are-you-waiting-for/#IDComment195032335 makes me think of john mayer's "say". this is so true. . .i feel like we often leave our words packaged inside waiting for the right moment. for the right 'way' to say it. when what we really need to do is just say it. say it broken. say it choppy. but just say it. here's what i need to say to you mrs. tam hodge. . .i love you to pieces and i swear if i don't get to wrap you in a big hug this side of heaven i am going to be sorely disappointed. i am so thankful to know you and distantly share life. love. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:56:16 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/what-are-you-waiting-for/#IDComment195032335 http://www.taminprogress.com/someone-worth-dying-for/#IDComment183966022 i love that jon acuff made the Jesus juke a household term... Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:37:04 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/someone-worth-dying-for/#IDComment183966022 http://www.taminprogress.com/someone-worth-dying-for/#IDComment183965833 you're beautiful. i love you. the end. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:36:19 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/someone-worth-dying-for/#IDComment183965833 http://www.taminprogress.com/what-would-you-tell-a-teen/#IDComment181358557 that is good stuff pastor t. . . Mon, 8 Aug 2011 22:09:58 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/what-would-you-tell-a-teen/#IDComment181358557 http://www.taminprogress.com/what-would-you-tell-a-teen/#IDComment181358471 both kota and kass seem to get this one, but i wish i had listened closer to my mom's wisdom. . .it would've saved me a lot of heartache. my second biggest piece of advice is know who you are in Christ and compare the words of your peers and parents against what He says about you. i'm still working on that one. insecurity will happen but i sure do wish i had dealt with it more in my teens and healed more so it wouldn't plague me so much in my twenties ;) Mon, 8 Aug 2011 22:09:37 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/what-would-you-tell-a-teen/#IDComment181358471 http://www.taminprogress.com/help-wanted/#IDComment179837442 by nature i am a planner. but i am definitely learning in this season about rolling with the punches and leaving space in my calendar. even with space, my fuzzy brain syndrome is at an all time high at the moment, so if it isn't in my iphone calendar with an alert, it might as well not exist ;) Wed, 3 Aug 2011 19:51:04 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/help-wanted/#IDComment179837442 http://www.taminprogress.com/one-thing-2/#IDComment170723315 1. betrayal. especially betrayal of my trust. 2. authenticity and vulnerability. because, really, what is a friendship if you aren't being yourself? 3. i don't know. somehow i doubt i would love and grow if my closest confidant was just. like. me. the person i would currently consider my best friend stretches me. exhibits strengths in areas i am weak and vice versa. we share the hard things and point out the ugly by speaking the truth in love. we have a ton in common and laugh and cry together but at the same time we aren't carbon copies. what about you ms. tam?? what are your answers ;) Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:37:25 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/one-thing-2/#IDComment170723315 http://www.taminprogress.com/foreigner-at-home/#IDComment170722249 i love this post. in a way it is in a small preparation for the next step that is coming for me. as i move the opposite way across the country, in many ways i am so thankful for a new start but petrified of losing the comfortable familiar. i know transitions are hard. and change. . .deep breath. a word i so hate has become the theme of my life in so many ways. while i know there are great people waiting for me with their arms wide open and i look so forward to investing into the new, leaving those who have held me during devastation and loved me despite my ugly is hard. as i told a new friend waiting for me on the left coast. . .it is very bittersweet. Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:33:38 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/foreigner-at-home/#IDComment170722249 http://www.taminprogress.com/two-rights-and-one-wrong/#IDComment169289991 #2 is my guess :) alright here's mine. . . 1. i have had brain surgery 2. my mom was a beauty queen 3. i was the valedictorian in high school Sun, 3 Jul 2011 13:21:13 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/two-rights-and-one-wrong/#IDComment169289991 http://www.taminprogress.com/the-differences/#IDComment168171474 we don't put "the" in front of the freeway names. . . Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:31:38 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/the-differences/#IDComment168171474 http://www.taminprogress.com/this-is-it/#IDComment161936491 praying for yall. . .and your updates are DEF entertaining ;) Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:16:38 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/this-is-it/#IDComment161936491 http://www.taminprogress.com/goodbyes/#IDComment160039130 even though it hurts. . .so thankful that you can love so deeply. . .love you. . . Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:59:37 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/goodbyes/#IDComment160039130 http://www.taminprogress.com/got-a-happy/#IDComment152493582 i need to read someone elses because i am in need of seeing and believing happily ever afters do come true :) Mon, 16 May 2011 02:33:01 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/got-a-happy/#IDComment152493582 http://www.youaremygirls.com/2011/05/13/1492/#IDComment151772650 beautiful photos and beautiful words. . . Fri, 13 May 2011 16:38:19 +0000 http://www.youaremygirls.com/2011/05/13/1492/#IDComment151772650 http://www.taminprogress.com/oh-that-one-word-thing/#IDComment146659324 praying for you love. . . Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:54:28 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/oh-that-one-word-thing/#IDComment146659324 http://www.taminprogress.com/would-you-rather/#IDComment145742935 my knower immediately says 'into the future....' right now the Lord and i are working very hard on living in the moment. so far, i am failing miserably. . . Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:28:13 +0000 http://www.taminprogress.com/would-you-rather/#IDComment145742935