👶 Lil Treasures #111: New Babies and Wordle Could Be Our Hurdle
Plus: True Love Weights and luxury cabinets
Buenos Dias, pals! Hope your Friday has started off mostly toasty and warm.
I had every intention of doing some Q + A this week and then my family got trapped in a close contact-come home from school/work-get tested-wait for results-start all over again HAMSTER WHEEL and I am dragging myself across the Friday Finish Line. Solidarity to everyone in the same boat, and you know what: solidarity to everyone in different boats, too. Solidarity across the bay, to all the boats!
Now on to those treasures! There’s a lot this week!
👶 Remember our friend Tricia from a few weeks ago that you guys blessed the socks off of by purchasing items from her baby list? Well I’m so happy to announce that Baby Windsor “Winnie” was born on January 13th! Mom and baby are both doing great. Thank you guys so much for stepping in for Tricia and the whole family! Tricia wanted me to share this with you:
“Stephen and I are filled with wonder and gratitude, especially about what the Lil Swipes did for us! The weight off of our shoulders knowing that we have what we need when we get home is immense. Y’all have truly blessed us. Thank you.”
💅 Thank you guys for taking the time and nominating so many dear people in your life for the Olive and June giveaway! I got very emotional reading your nominations because of the incredible folks out there who are going through some really hard things. We officially selected a winner: Lil Swipes Katie’s friend Melissa! Melissa has been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer the last few months while also pregnant. We found out this week that Melissa gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Crew on Jan 14th! Hoping some pretty nails will make her feel lovely during this time of transition and treatment.
🕺 What in the Ben Moon is this video.
🔥 This week’s Bible Binge episode is all about the most fun topic: hell. We’re looking at some of the different ideologies around hell and what we believed vs. what we believe currently. I have been SO EXCITED for this episode and I’m really proud of it. You can listen here or all the normal places one listens to podcasts.
🛁 If you’re in the mood for a good read today, this article called Your Bubble Is Not the Culture in The Atlantic provides an interesting perspective on the influence (often negative) of social media and journalism on the things we find joy in.
🗄️ I am in the market for some luxury cabinets like these.
❤️Young Erin’s heart leaped for joy as the Redeeming Love movie came out today. I wore this book OUT in high school, and most anything Francine Rivers had her hands on. The older I get and the further removed I am from some of the problems within purity culture though, the more I see the issues that this kind of writing within Redeeming Love had for so many of us. I don’t want anyone to feel shame if you go see the movie, because I totally understand the sentimental weight that the book has for most Christian ladies in our generation. I’m hopefully going to see it this week, and I’m interested to find out if it’s been changed or if it’s just a straight adaptation of the book.
🤯 Watch this video from the Jimmy Kimmel show and prepare yourself to be baffled by just how little these men (and most) know about the female body.
This week’s Twitter highlights:
“Don’t think God can’t use it”
That’s all I’ve got for the newsletter this week! Guys, I know it’s tough out there. If you’re overwhelmed riding the see-saw of quarantines and snowy weather and working day jobs and cooking food, know I am there too. The picture below is from 2020, but I have been thinking about it a lot lately, as it has continued to ring true even now (during Season 4 of Covid). Don’t forget to check on your friends this week, it seems like everyone is struggling and could use a warm casserole or heart-shaped brownie. See you in the comments!
Note: hey pals. An earlier version of this newsletter contained an article about Redeeming Love that I agreed with up to a point, but I didn’t clarify where I disagreed and that confused some of you. I apologize for the confusion and I’ve removed the article for clarity’s sake. Love y’all. Mean it.
Just here to say yay to it being the eleventy first SWIPE UP! (because I'm a geek or a gem or both. For sure both)
Can we talk for a second about Wordle bringing out all my insecurities? There are people who finish these in three tries and here I am barely scraping through at six and honestly, some days I'm convinced that Wordle is an indictment against my intelligence and that I should quit my degree over it (not really, but also, hand me some chocolate because this girl is emotionally fragile).
Also, food. I am tired of cooking food and I don't want to order from the local thai restaurant or order pizza, I want someone else to do the shopping and put it away and cook a steak and veggies and let me enjoy it and then do the dishes. Just for a week, someone else can step in and do the thing instead of me, thanks.
The Teenager who moved in six months ago moves out this weekend, into a share house that my church has for university students (since she is now done with high school), and I am embarrassingly relieved about it all. She did really well in her final exams, by the way, and for a kid who was told that she would be lucky to even finish high school, I am so proud of her and her moxie in getting it done and her resilience. But also, I talked to my doctor recently and got a bunch of tests done to make sure my uterus is all good and my hormones are as balanced as a gymnast at the olympics, and apparently I am a picture of health (who still got the 'lose weight' talk even though tests indicate there is no issue, thanks fatphobic medical system). The doctor asked if there's been anything in the last six months in which my husband has been all good medically that's been stressful, because that could make baby things hard.
Oh, just a foster kid and a five month lockdown and the Christmas job from hell and... oh, oh okay, so I've been stressed.
Anyway. Long story short, she's gone this weekend and y'all, could this be the year we finally have a freaking baby? IS THIS THE DANG YEAR?
Send steak and chocolate and remind me that Wordle isn't errything, thanks.
Love y'all.