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‘I Cried Last Night as I Asked My Husband if He Was Tired of Me. Because I’m Tired of Me Some Days.’

"Raising babies is hard. But I think the hardest is losing yourself. Life is flying by, and you feel lost in the middle of it."

Friend Says “Of All People, You Should Get Why Someone Would Abort a Cleft Baby”—Dad’s Reply Is Perfect

"My ‘friend’ said, ‘Come on, of all people, you should get why someone would want to abort a cleft baby.’ That shocked me. Why would he think that?"

How I Saved My Marriage With One Question

He asked her just one question every single morning. Two weeks later, he asked the same question, and her eyes welled up with tears...

Gretchen Saffles

Gretchen Saffles is passionate about encouraging and equipping women to get into the Word of God and find their identity and purpose in Christ. She is the founder of Life Lived Beautifully, author of A God-Sized Love Story, Proverbs 31: Women of Dignity, Washed in Grace, and Ruth: Gospel of Grace, as well as creator of the “Give Me Jesus” quiet time journal for women. Through Life Lived Beautifully, she longs to meet women right where they are with the hope of the gospel and light a match in their hearts to know Jesus more. On any given day you can find her with a coffee cup in hand, a baby on her hip,  a message stirring in her soul, and a God-sized dream on her heart. Gretchen lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with her husband, Greg, and her son, Nolan.  Find out more about Gretchen at www.lifelivedbeautifully.com

To the Rude Man in Costco Who Told Me “It’ll Fatten You Up”

"Tears immediately stung my eyes. Did he not realize that I, and the man serving us, could hear that? I grabbed the sample and quickly walked over to Greg unable to speak. My mind kept replaying the words this stranger had just said."

To the Stranger Who Told Me “It’ll Fatten You Up”

"Tears immediately stung my eyes. Did he not realize that I, and the man serving us, could hear that? I grabbed the sample and quickly walked over to Greg unable to speak. My mind kept replaying the words this stranger had just said."