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The Grit and Grace Project

Darlene Brock & Julie Bender from GritandGraceLife.org

Smart Living for strong women and those who want to be.

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How to Spot a Green-Flag Man

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2025/08/02

About three years into widowhood, I thought, “You know, maybe I could get married again.” And so I entered the dating arena—slightly terrified and very much out of practice. The dates I ventured out on started with coffee, and then expanded to dinner, a movie, a hike, browsing around in the great outdoors. And it was fun until it wasn’t, when red warning flags started waving every which way. We women tend to do one of three things with the fluttering red flags (and I’m guilty of this): We either a)

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Ask Dr. Zoe – Is My Partner Gaslighting Me?

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2025/07/30

‘Nikki’ Asked: I’m currently in an argument with my partner, and I don’t know if he’s gaslighting me. Lately he’s been snapping at me over little things, then when I finally can’t take it anymore and snap myself, he comes out with why he’s upset and it turns out he thinks I stepped out of the relationship, which is completely untrue. I love him so much, I would never do that… This hurt me badly, especially since I’ve given up so much, like

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Bible Verses on Peace from the Grit and Grace Team

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2025/07/27

In the midst of life’s circumstances and the chaos that is our kids, spouse, job, bills, and home, it seems we are never quite at rest. Many people find peace to be a highly-esteemed, yet nearly unattainable, ideal. But we ladies at Grit and Grace Life believe otherwise: that God is able to meet us in the middle of our hectic lives and grant us peace in the way that only He can. Here, the team shares Bible verses that remind them that peace is never truly far out of reach. Peace in Troubled

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Dear Caregiver: You Don’t Have to Be a Superhero

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2025/07/26

My caregiving roles overlapped and tangled. My mom moved in with us, slipping further into dementia. And then we heard these heart-stopping words from my husband’s doctor: “It’s cancer.” The season as caregiver for my mother was challenging. She was negative. And distrustful. She was sure my husband, Gary, and I were stealing her money. This wasn’t the woman who reared us kids with courage and imagination, who told us we could be anything God wanted us to be. There were plenty of fun memories mixed

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3 Ways to Leave Your Job With a Good Reputation

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2025/07/18

After leaving my job several years ago, I learned that I had gone the entire time without burning any bridges. There is a touch of irony in how I came by this information. I live in South Florida, and there are a few ways we celebrate Christmas that are unique to our locale. One of those unique ways is our annual holiday parades—we decorate boats. Fortunately, for my family, we also live in close proximity to a bridge that serves as one of the many milestones on our local parade route. This

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5 Tips for When You Want to Re-Enter the Dating World

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2025/07/16

Dating can be hard for anyone—the thought of doing it again after having a rough go of it might seem daunting. However, you have the chance to make it into a positive experience this time around. After all, we’ve become wiser with age and have certainly learned a few lessons, right? Here are a few tips that I focused on when I was ready to date again after my divorce: 1. Make sure you are healed from past broken relationships. It takes time to overcome the effects of a painful divorce. And,

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6 Necessities that Moms of Littles Can’t Leave Home...

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2025/07/14

Today, we went to the splash park. The morning was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky. The kids were being my little angels as I like to call them. We sang in the car on the way there. My son read his book while my daughter looked out the window and talked to herself about silly, adorable things. Like how Elsa needs a haircut. We pulled into the parking lot and it wasn’t too busy. There was a nice spot left in the shade. Everything was going great … until it wasn’t. Toddlers Are Like Ticking Time

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Feel Like You Bypassed Your Purpose? God’s Still...

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2025/07/13

Lately, I’ve been rekindling an old creative passion by pursuing new challenges related to it. But I’ve been wondering if I’m too old to try something new. I’m 36, and I’ve spent the better part of the last 18 years getting degrees and establishing my career as a teacher. In addition to this, as a wife and a mother, there is nothing left of me to give at the end of the day. However, things have been changing. My daughter is now older, my career is steady, and I have a longing, a calling, to pour out

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Why Your Story Matters – 289

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2025/07/08

Are you sharing your story? Countless studies have shown that there’s substantial value in sharing our stories and listening to others tell theirs. Among the biggest benefits? The release of oxytocin, a hormone and neurotransmitter that fosters trust and bonding. Vulnerably discussing our joys and woes, our challenges and triumphs, our embarrassments and achievements, has the power to elicit empathy in recognizing how our stories overlap. We glean wisdom, or at the very least, the comfort of

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I’m a Good Mom, but Can That Make Me a Bad Wife?

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2025/07/07

I feel like I’m being pulled in every direction lately. Like I can’t quite reach the mark. I remember when I was working, I used to dream of all the things I would accomplish when I was on maternity leave. The house would be clean, the kids would have beautifully cut shapes of fruits and veggies in their lunch, and my husband would get all the attention he deserves. Fast forward 10 months and one more baby later, and while I find that my house is slightly cleaner and my kids are happier

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Fireworks and Freedom: The Reason Behind Independence...

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2025/07/01

If your knowledge of how Independence Day came to be is a little fuzzy, settle in for a brief history lesson! In this podcast episode, co-hosts Darlene Brock and Julie Bender recount America’s origin story, starting with Great Britain’s imposition of taxes and military presence in the colonies. You’ll discover how the Declaration of Independence came to be and why it’s significant (see the related resources section below for more), as well as our duty as women of faith (and

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This Is How to Keep It Cool at Your Next Outdoor Party

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2025/06/30

There’s nothing like basking in the sunshine while hanging out with good friends in the great outdoors. Especially with the 4th of July in mind, there’s a lot to look forward to for an outdoor party in the dog days of summer. The thing about those dog days of summer, though? They can be horrendously hot and humid (at least in my home state of Virginia). And there’s nothing like a guest passing out from the heat to put a damper on your shindig. Remember, consideration of guests’ comfort is a key

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When Hope Is Hard to Grasp, Trust the God You Know

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2025/06/29

It was a late Wednesday afternoon in September. My husband, daughter, and I had left the hospital in Montana, where my mom was fighting for her life. At my parents’ house, my husband was cooking, and my daughter was outside playing and visiting the horses. My dad’s text came through: “Doctors just left, they said probably hours.” I kissed my husband and my daughter and immediately started the hour-long drive back to the hospital. Through sobs, I sang my way through most of Benjamin

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A Flight Attendant’s Tips for International Travel...

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2025/06/28

Babies on planes. Just the thought gives child-free folks a headache and parents anxiety—especially those who are bringing their little one on board an aircraft for the first time. Even though I’m a flight attendant, I still felt serious anxiety taking our 4-month-old baby on his first international trip. After three years of border closures, however, my husband and I couldn’t contain ourselves any longer: we had to get to Japan. I’m here to share some tips that’ll help parents take their little one

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Longing for a Unified World? Here’s Where to Start

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2025/06/27

As a child, I didn’t think much about race. I knew I looked different from most of the kids in my elementary school, but I made friends across the spectrum of faces and colors. I lived with an innocence that allowed me to be unburdened by the hue of my skin. I entered junior high with the same naive perspective. But three short years later, my innocence was replaced by a startling awareness that who I was and how I was received by my peers was influenced by my skin color and the texture of my hair

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When to Leave a Job That Is No Longer Serving You

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2025/06/25

For years, I thought chasing a higher title and a promotion was the only way to validate myself, to prove my worth to loved ones and the corporate company I worked for. I quickly fell into the rhythm of hustle culture: My main and only focus was giving my job my all. I devoted every ounce of alone time to being the best of the best and showing others I was capable. Maybe, in some way, it was to prove to myself that I could be successful when so many others in my life told me I never would be. My

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Want to Understand Your Husband? He Comes With a...

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2025/06/23

It was Karen Gibbs who penned these words: “Women know. They just know. Even if they didn’t know, they would know. Men might not get this, but women will, because they know.” The thing is, half the time we women just think we know. The Art of Learning to Understand Your Husband After a handful of widowed years, I married a man who also lost his spouse to cancer. My new husband, Dan, arrived with an operating manual, which I’ve been studying ever since. For instance, he has a hard time letting go of

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The Northern Lights Weren’t What I Expected…

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2025/06/20

I checked off an impossible adventure on my lifetime bucket list: seeing the Northern Lights. It was absolutely more wondrous than I imagined and not at all what I expected—kind of like faith. I had traveled 3150 miles to meet ten friends for a hiking adventure in Iceland. We had planned the trip for the summer of 2020 before we knew the world would close to tourism. It was already an epic feat to get ten women with busy lives and families to align calendars but then, we had to rework it all over

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Ditch the Scale—Your Mind and Body Will Thank You

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2025/06/19

As I walked into my bathroom, I saw a new scale on the floor. After months of staring at a broken scale, I was now confronted with a new one—daring me to step on and see where I was after I stopped using it six months ago. I dropped my slippers, robe, watch … anything that weighed anything. I stepped on and looked at the number on the scale. The number said I wasn’t good enough. I Was Obsessed With The Scale Rewind a little more than a year and you would have seen me stepping on my scale twice

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Happy Father’s Day—What Makes a Good Man

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2025/06/13

Here at Grit and Grace Life, we celebrate all of the qualities that make women—women. However, we also think it’s important to honor good men. This Father’s Day, I have the privilege of highlighting a great man, my dad. I have an exceptional father… And I’m not just saying that because it’s Father’s Day or because I’m biased and see him through rose-colored glasses. He is the real deal—a cut above. Below you will find my list of good-dad qualities, but they’re really just good-man qualities. So,

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