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An Excerpt from The Radiant Midnight by Melissa Maimone

By Melissa MaimoneI’ve battled anxiety and depression for most of my life. It has come and gone through the years, but like cobwebs that show up in the corners of my house, the darkness always returns. I hated being depressed. I fought it. I felt deep shame about it. This…

WonderfullyMadeJune 3, 2019

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An Excerpt from “Here, Now” by Kate Merrick

By Kate MerrickIt seems more and more, as we live in the digital age, there is a counterfeit for every real thing. We stare at screens instead of looking out windows at meadows and mountains. We envy other people’s pictures, though they’re often filtered and angled so they portray something…

WonderfullyMadeMay 9, 2019

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Live Unstoppable Online Event with Bethany Hamilton

Hey Ladies, I just wanted to invite you to be encouraged by an awesome online event our friend Bethany Hamilton is hosting soon. Bethany is on a mission to help equip young women to live Unstoppable lives so that they can crush self-doubt, overcome the obstacles, live confidently, and value…

WonderfullyMadeApril 25, 2019

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Unexpected Beauty

By Aimee Piersma Photography by Allie Marie Smith All this rain is worth it when I see a rainbow. This morning I made sure my girls saw it. Birdie glimpsed it before she ran off to class. Jellybean had more time. She said with awe, “That’s the first real rainbow…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 22, 2018

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How to Talk with Your Friend or Daughter about Suicide

If you joined me for Part 1, you heard some of my story while also learning that our brains can heal despite any traumas we’ve suffered. I love that hope is real and healing is possible. Today I’m giving you specific ways to lead someone you love through the maze…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 10, 2018

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Spring Essentials

Featured Image by Jones Design Company By Angelina Rozhko I love Spring! Everything is budding, blooming, or in full bloom, letting out a fragrant aroma of the earth coming to life after a cold Winter. With the wintery frost melting away, the sun shining a little brighter and the temperatures…

WonderfullyMadeApril 9, 2017

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Your invitation from Calvary Chapel Beaumont to RightNow Media

Wonderfully Made would like to pass on the message and gift from Calvary Chapel Beaumont! You are receiving free access to a huge, streaming, online, access-on-any-device library of over 10,000 video Bible studies, leadership videos and kids shows. To sum it up — it’s like the Netflix of Bible study…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 1, 2017

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What Christmas Means to Me

By: Rachel Brown Merry Christmas, faithful readers! From all of us at Wonderfully Made, thank you for your support this year. We are so grateful for your readership, your comments, and, ultimately, for the special online community you’ve created here in this space. As we reflect upon 2016, we took…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 24, 2016

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Short Poem, Timeless Celebration

By: Juliandra Durkin What a wonder, what a sight The Son of God was born tonight And to a woman so young and poor Her name, sweet Mary, Remembered forevermore. Chosen before time to carry a King He who came so selflessly A life that started in a…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 12, 2016

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Inspired Shopping

By: Juliandra Durkin Looking for a cute gift for your mom, sister, girlfriend, or really anyone special in your life? What if you could give a gift and know that where you buy it from is ethical and gives back to the world around us? Wonderfully Made has pulled together…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 7, 2016

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Be Brave, Little One

By: Erin Weidemann Whether you’re a mom or not, you know this struggle: the struggle of “Am I Beautiful?” and “Am I Enough?” Chances are you that during your early years you spent a little time crying alone in your room, wondering whether or not you mattered. It’s not much…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 18, 2016

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Flying Beyond the Hardship

By: Tekoa Manning Gratitude. Thankfulness. Usually, neither of those exist without first experiencing heartache, loss, and hard times. You have to go through one, to embrace the other in a manner worthy of noticing. Sometimes we miss the gratitude and turn bitter like lemons. This is the month of thankfulness.…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 14, 2016

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Fall Fun!

By: Rachel Brown There are things to adore about every season, especially autumn. We have been reveling in pumpkin spice treats, Sunday night football, and, even though the weather isn’t cooperating in most of the country quite yet, dreams of scarves and sweaters and boots. There are so many fun…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 2, 2016

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Changed by an Unchanging God

By: Bri Deutsch It’s 2 a.m. The silence of night allows my tormenting thoughts to appear more daunting than they would in the vibrancy of day. Thoughts about a future that looks murky – a future no longer filled with the people I once knew to be my confident, where…

WonderfullyMadeOctober 4, 2016

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For the Love of Shoes

This piece is written by Tekoa Manning and edited for Wonderfully Made. Ladies, if you're like us, you loveeee shoe shopping!! Maybe you have a closet full of high heels, tennis shoes for the gym, sandals for hot days, flats for work, and boots for the cool fall months... May…

WonderfullyMadeSeptember 7, 2016

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{NEW PODCAST EPISODES} Arielle Estoria and Lauren Cone

{EPISODE 3} Arielle Estoria: The Life of a Creative Allie Marie Smith interviews Arielle Estoria, a spoken word artist, blogger and motivational speaker. Arielle is diligent in instilling “worthy” back into an insecure generation. They talk about turning your daydream into a day job, what it means to live a life of…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 23, 2016

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Introducing our New Podcast!

We have been hard at work on this exciting passion project these last several months and are thrilled to finally be able to share the first two episodes of our brand new podcast! Self-titled "Wonderfully Made," our podcast is co-hosted by Allie Marie Smith, Wonderfully Made's Founder and Rachel Brown,…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 10, 2016

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Arielle in our Powder Puff Wonderfully Made Tee

Here are some cute pics of Arielle Estoria (one of our WM Voices) wearing our powder puff tee. You can get it here.

WonderfullyMadeJuly 8, 2016

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To Save or Spend

By Christie Pierce To save or to spend? We’re faced with that question in a hundred different ways each day. I used to be an obsessive spender. At twenty-four years old, my grandparents gave me ten thousand dollars. I went out and bought Gucci shoes and silk dresses and I…

WonderfullyMadeJune 28, 2016

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Father’s Day Gift Guide

By: Rachel Brown Father’s Day is right around the corner, so we’ve rounded up a list of last-minute treats that dads and father figures everywhere will enjoy. Take a peek at this list and let us know if you have any fun ideas to add! Something Edible Tasty treats make…

WonderfullyMadeJune 15, 2016

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