https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Why-Singleness-Is-Not-A-Season-Of-Waiting.m4a   Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I recently (ok, recently as in 2 months ago, I’m a bit late with this post), put up a Valentine’s Day post on my Instagram.   Did you see it? It gives some context for this blog, so I’ll give […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Three-Myths-About-Being-Happy-And-Single-4.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I’m not going to lie to you (the name of the blog would be pretty useless if I did, huh?).   I never wanted to be single and happy. In fact, being single and happy sounded like just about the worst […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Single-Longer-Than-Expected.m4a Click the link above to hear this post straight from me!   Hey girl, Have you been single longer than expected? Me too. I think about that sweet little naive 20 year old girl who thought she’d be married by 22. Were you one of those too? Precious, isn’t it? Sometimes I think, “If […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Three-Ways-We-Need-To-Change-The-Conversation-About-Christian-Dating.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Why can’t you just relax and have fun?”   That’s what people always used to say when I went on a date and came home tangled in anxious knots. Which was always. “What do you mean? How am I supposed to […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Worst-Happened_-I-Turned-30-And-Was-Still-Single-1.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Mom, if I turn thirty and am still single, can we try on wedding dresses for my birthday, because clearly I’m never going to get to otherwise?”   I distinctly remember saying that to my mom in my early twenties. It […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Searching-For-A-Husband_-Some-Days-I-Want-To-Settle-Heres-Why-I-Wont.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “I will literally take ANYONE”   That’s what I say whenever I get tired of waiting for “the one”. Just give me a warm body. If he can walk and talk and has a job, I’m in. Just give me SOMEONE. […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Hey-Ladies-Its-Ok-To-Ask-A-Man-Out.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Ok ladies. It’s time we talk about something that seems to still be taboo in our culture, and I just can not stay silent about it anymore. It’s time to take this idea that women have to stand idly by, waiting […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Three-Purposes-Of-Dating-No-One-Ever-Told-Me.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Let me add a quick disclaimer to this post: I hate dating a solid 70% of the time.   Some days, its 100%. So if you’re reading this and thinking the same thing, I’m with you, and I’m not here to […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/My-Marriage-Isnt-Needed-Yet.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “God’s still getting him ready for you”   I’ve heard this, or some variation, time and time again as a single person. Sometimes it’s that God is still getting my husband ready for me, other times, its that I’m not ready, […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Finding-Yourself-When-Supposed-To-Happen-Didnt-Happen.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Are you just looking at pictures of yourself on Facebook again?”   That’s what my roommate would say whenever she caught me in the act. Just flipping through photos of myself. Sheepish and red-cheeked, I would put my phone down. How […]