authenticity
it’s like a daily pill for me. if i don’t get it, i shrivel away on the inside.
if i don’t have it in my significant relationships, i will feel completely isolated.
one thing i want to offer here is authenticity.
because i die without this.
what do you want offered here?
Agreed.
Very well put, Mandy.
peanut butter and chocolate, please.
Whatever pill you are peddlin’ is my vice of choice.
Your heart.
I need Drew to come eat Willie’s Weenie Wagon with me.
no kidding.
though I heard the food quality has declined of late.
I’m coming in August–we’ll get some time.
same! authenticity from blogs has changed my life.
More arguing, name calling and Christian in-fighting….
Wait, there’s plenty of other places to get that… this blog is fine the way it is…
Connection…I guess that’s just another way of saying the same. I want REAL.
I just love getting a glimpse of your heart mandy and your humor!! miss you!
Oh and are you coming in Aug with Drew??? If so, you better make some time for me!! haha at least ten minutes!
Charlatans REPEL me. To the 68th power of the Nth degree. I can’t even BEGIN to tell you…
donuts
no, seriously, I like you being real. Then I think I really know you!!!
Nat: you do really know me.
TheNor: what’s a charlatan??
Heather: he’s staying a week longer than me. i’ll be with my family for the weekend, then back up here for work.
Red: totally the same. without authenticity there’s no real genuine connection.
BO:
tam and i are putting our weapons down. sometime. soon. maybe.
Judi: changed me as well. in so many ways. i think authenticity creates an inviting atmosphere to really connect. to come out of hiding. to show our true selves.
Drew: i love you
Travis: hug gracie
Cindy: you got it baby!!!
@ng: i think i’m gonna start selling on the black market – what do you think??
Josh: anytime!!!
Becca: yes. knew you’d agree.
Charlatan: one who makes fraudulent and elaborate claims to skill or knowledge
ahhhh…. so, you’re callin’ me a liar?
Hey, I wasn’t talking about you guys…
I was complimenting you on how your blog rises above the fray. How different it is than many other Christian blogs…
geez…
BTW: I’m no longer auto logged-in (aka with the little WP toolbar at the top) on your site now for some reason. Other WP sites it’s still there… maybe a prob?
i didn’t kick you off!
i promise.
and i forgot to place [insert sarcasm] in my reply for you. i was just kidding – knew you were too.
i actually made the conscious choice, when starting, to not use my blog as a place to beat up other Christians and declare to the world that SO-&-SO is messed up. or did the wrong thing. or sets a bad example, etc. like you said, there’s enough of that already. if i ever do make a critical or objecting comment about fellow Christians, please know that i’ve SERIOUSLY thought through whether or not i should say anything at all…
so.
amen brother BO!
more music please…
REALLY? wow. ok.
Honesty. Transparency. Fresh baked cookies warm from the oven. *sigh* Two out of three ain’t bad.
“ahhhh…. so, you’re callin’ me a liar?”
Mandy:
If I thought for one second that you were a charlatan, I would have only visited your blog once and never have left a comment.
So, Yeah. If you think you are a charlatan then I am calling you a liar!
Liar Liar Mandy’s Pants on fire!!!
GiveMe: well… i’d LOVE to give the fresh-baked cookies a try. but my apartment oven is only about 17 inches wide and burns the bottoms of everything. i can barely fit a cookie sheet in there.
we’ll have to stick with what i’m good at!!!
TheNor: HAHAA!!! LIAR LIAR Mandy’s Pants on fire! thank you for your disclaimer.
“Mandy the Dealer”… hm… uh… no, I don’t think so.
Anyway, I don’t know that there is much of a demand for authenticity on the black market these days.
HAHA! true! they’d probably kill me.
I read this blog because it is reflects the authentic Mandy, someone I enjoy spending time with. I can’t think of anything you need to change.
aw shucks ed. you are too sweet sometimes.
Some sweet tea…I’ve never had it before!
I’ll wave at you from Montreal.
You are authentic Mandy. Thanks for taking the time stopping by my blog. It means a lot.
GASP.
you’ve never had sweet tea?
and you’re so very welcome…
Drew I ate it last Saturday with the Hemingways… Big Willie steak add cheese and hot sauce. It was fntastic as far as I am concerned.
Not to rub it in.
More of Tam!
oh yeah… i’m with Jon Mac also… more Mandy Music please!
See – i CAN be nice – when you ain’t bad-mouthin that sweet ‘older’ lady
She’s gonna kill me fer that one ain’t she?? :shock;
TAMMMMM! – it was all Mandy’s fault! – would i be a charlatan to you?
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Oh and you could install a coffee-machine – for the addicts.
Preferably one that dispenses donuts!
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T: you’re gonna make him cry!!!
Love: hmm… a coffee machine! brilliant!!!! you are a sweet old man, i don’t care what tam says!
Love – go to your room!
“TAMMMMM! – it was all Mandy’s fault! – would i be a charlatan to you?”
“Love – go to your room!”
And stop stealing my thunder!!!
Er…Well, my word, at least.
Yup. Authenticity is key.
Tam: thank you for policing my blog. psycho crazy blog lady.
TheNor: thunder!? LOL!!
KA: key. welcome back.
wow.
i concur.
i heart you.
and your authenticity pill.