I was chatting with a friend recently and she mentioned she’s started asking herself, “What would I do if I knew I would never get married?”   What dreams would she pursue? Where would she go? How would her choices be different if she weren’t waiting for her relationship status to change? I thought, how […]

Last Saturday night I had a revelation.   I was in the bathroom cleaning, scrubbing a mascara smudge off the sink and trying to scoot the ever-curious kitty cat off the counter, and I realized… …it’s ‪Saturday night‬, and I’m at home scrubbing the bathroom, and I’m…happy? Now this is where some people would say […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dear-Single-Girl-Youve-Got-This.m4a   Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Dear Fellow Single Girl,   Whew, girl. I’ve been feeling it lately. That overwhelming feeling I sometimes get when I just wish I had a partner to do this life with. Do you know that feeling I mean? It comes […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Im-A-Single-Christian-And-Im-Not-Intentionally-Preparing-For-Marriage.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I’ve been thinking a lot recently about why marriage seems to be such an idol for singles in the Christian community.   Certainly, people outside of the Christian faith desire to get married, but there seems to be almost a need, […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Encouragement-For-When-You-Cant-Make-Sense-Of-Your-Single-Status.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “He will come when you stop looking for him” “Pray about it” “Have you tried on-line?” “Have you thought about trying a new church?” “You should meet my friend. You’re both really nice.” “Find yourself first” “You’ll find him when you..[move] […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/How-God-Has-Shown-Me-He-Cares-About-My-Love-Story.m4a   Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   God doesn’t care about our love stories.   This is something that I truly believed for many years, and it was based on nothing other than the fact that I was single. I was disappointed, and I was stubborn. No […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Real-Talk_-Singleness-And-Finances.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   I’ve been thinking about the best way to approach this post for a while.   I wanted to have all of the answers to the financial challenges of being a single girl making it on her own. But the reality is, […]

  What’s this monthly “looking forward to” stuff all about? Check out “What I’m Looking Forward To: April” to read why I started it (and why I think you should, too!) Each week since I wrote “Single Longer than Expected? 10 Tips to Thrive, Not Just Survive, in This Season,” I’ve been posting weekly tips […]

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 […]