Whatever happened to Everywoman…

Well there’s the long story and the short story. And I guess there is somewhere in between.  I guess the Not Your Superwoman post was kind of prophetic. Well I was speaking to me anyway. When Everywoman began, I wasn’t working , and I was looking for an outlet for some of the things I felt the Lord had laid on my heart. And then  the year kind of ran away with me. Life with its twists and turns, raising a young family, a husband with a both challenging and inspiring job, a book to write. And then, a job  of my own which I love. Its unfolding opportunities to invest and disciple leaders, men and women in a way that I’d only imagined. Yet this new directions has demands of its own that I need to attend to. We’ve moved state, leaving Arizona, for the coastal climes of Southern California, and we’re embarking on a brand new life. Its wonderful, exciting , consuming.

All the while different everywoman writers were being drawn into new adventures of their own, new journeys and opportunities. And some we’re not facing anything new, just needed to give more to what was happening in their lives.

And so reluctantly, I had to admit I couldn’t continue Everywoman as it was as a web magazine. My life was too full and it wasn’t working. I needed to retreat, make it simple. Maybe just write my own little blog again, something less ambitious. And my heart, conflicted little thing it is had multiple responses. Disappointment. Frustration. Relief. Dare.I . Say. Excitement.

So that’s what I’m going back to. A little blog.  The everywoman archives will be around in the background, marking a wonderful year in the life of a phenomenal group of women. And the rest will be the reflections of an ordinary woman, on an ordinary blog. With an extraordinary God.

Hope you’ll stick around.

Jo

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