Sue Bidstrup / Great Big YES!

Encouraging Women to Live Faithful, Bold, Abundant Lives!

Tag: give up

  • Jesus is the Intention

    Lent is starting.  Ash Wednesday is here. This brings up a treasure trove of emotions. Being raised Catholic Lent meant that we wouldn’t eat meat on Fridays and we would “give something up”…meaning chocolate or swearing or complaining. Kind of like a diet.  Temporary, restricting and doesn’t create lasting change.  At…

  • Great Change is on the Way!

    IT’S FIXED! IT’S FIXED! IT’S FIXED!   Woo- hoo!  We are up and running again thanks to the FABULOUS AMAZING dear friend of mine, Patty Ptacek.  She is the first person I met when I moved here 15 years ago 🙂  and she is lovely and kind and a good friend…

  • Path to Freedom

    It’s Ash Wednesday. This brings up questions in our house.  Mainly, do we have to go to church? Do we have to keep the ashes on?  I don’t like that we can’t see what they look like…sometimes it’s too smudgy. And…Why can’t we eat meat?  Why do I have to…