Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker and contributor for Religion News Service, Newsweek and the Barna Group. She is also an Associate Professor of Communication at Colorado Christian University. She is passionate about supporting women, and runs an online community called I’m That Wife which has over 100k followers.
Heather has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live, and believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches for young people. She is the author of 6 books; including Confessions of a Christian Wife and How to Feed the Mediavore.
She resides in Lakewood, Colorado with her husband, Pastor Seth Day, and their three children, London, Hudson, and Sawyer Day.
When I grow older, I want my friends to come with me. I want us to sit on porches sipping tea and watching the young walk by. I want us to scoot around on our scooters or on golf carts because none of us want to walk back home from the beach. I want us to sit in restaurants and order whatever we want because life has become too short and we know it, so cheesecake it is. RELATE: Life is Too Short for Fake Cheese and Fake Friends I want morning strolls together to get the willies out, and...
It’s so weird how someone can be in your life, every single day, and then one day not be there anymore. Whether it’s a friend, significant other, or family member. Maybe the relationship ended on good terms. Maybe it was an “I think our time together is done, I wish you the best” type of thing. Or maybe it was completely devastating. Regardless, it’s so strange that relationships can change so immensely and quickly. You may not be at a place of peace with it yet, and that’s okay. Sometimes the end of a relationship can literally be one of...
The old Girl Scouts saying “Make new friends but keep the old; one is silver and the other’s gold” couldn’t ring truer than it does in mom friendships. We all know this time of having young children and motherhood gives us very little opportunity to catch up with old friends or even make new friends, but I say keep your table open to both. You know the old lunch table from our childhood days where you got nervous going back to school not knowing who you were going to sit with? Now as an adult, I always keep my table...
The two of you are as close as family. You can call her anytime and talk about anything from the meaning of life to that dumb commercial the two of you always laugh about. You can tell her you need her, and she’ll be there for you as quick as she can in one way or another. You share laughs, stories, hopes, and dreams. You are there for her in the same way. She is your best friend. I had a best friend. I had that kind of best friend. She laughed at my jokes, I gave her advice. We...
Regular, everyday life has its ups and downs, as everyone knows. Having children is the most wonderful part of life and I would never change it for the world. However, there is a great deal of stress that comes along with raising children. Life is just so much sweeter when you have a friend or friends who love your children. When you have a child, there is nothing more amazing or more beautiful. The connection and love are overwhelming between a parent and child. Having children is the best thing that I have ever done in my life. Watching them...
We all know the importance of friendships. However, a mom friend is a different kind of friend. If you are ever so lucky to have a mom friend, it feels like this friendship starts when you need it the most. You get your baby ready for a playgroup, a music class, or the local park. You hesitantly sit beside another mom and start talking about how many teeth her baby has, where she got her outfit from and a super cool milestone her baby just hit. After a few more playgroups you exchange numbers. A mom friend is born. You...
I have been running around with the kids all day, and I gave them chicken nuggets for dinner. My sink is overflowing with dishes, and I have a thousand things I should be doing this evening. Instead, I am waving goodbye to the kids while imploring my teens to get their little brother in bed by 9:00. I am off to moms’ night out. RELATED: Mom Friends Are the Best Friends Some of my mom friends on Facebook post glamorous pictures of themselves going out with friends, dressed up in cute dresses and drinking mixed drinks. More power to them!...
To my sweet friend with a newborn, Thank you. This stage you’re in is the sweetest, most innocent, and challenging time. The exhaustion and love are overwhelming I know—I feel like I was just there yesterday with my own kids. Only, it wasn’t yesterday. Even though I can close my eyes and remember those precious moments with my own newborns, it feels so far in the past. I love the age my kids are now, but I’m telling you, there’s something magical about those first few weeks of life. When your baby scrunches their body into a ball when you...
I grew up in an anomaly of a small town where no one moved away. Seriously, I can count on one hand the number of friends who left during my childhood. Granted, most of us hightailed it out of that one-stoplight town as soon as we had our high school diplomas in our hands, but I’ll forever be grateful for the friendships I made there. It never occurred to me how much it would hurt down the road when, as an adult, my friends would move away. RELATED: The Heartache When Your Friend Tells You She’s Moving I remember reading...
I’ve never known what’s wrong with me. From such a young age, I’ve never had friends. I was never the girl who was invited to the birthday parties let alone the sleepover after the birthday party. Now as an adult, I’m not the girl invited for drinks, moms’ nights out, play dates, or even to listen to a pyramid scheme. RELATED: It’s Lonely Being the B-List Friend I’m not the coworker everyone loves. Or the classmate everyone envies because of her skill. I’m not making waves anywhere I go. Not even with my own family. No aunt, uncle, cousin, or...
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