![]() ![]() From the opening pages of the book, I felt like she could have been curled up across from me on the sofa, bringing her cheeky wit and no-nonsense advice that had me laughing out loud and seriously pondering my life again and again. I never met a rule I didn’t like, and I was prepared to grow up and behave better than any girl had ever behaved, which was my version of ambition. My world was comfortably maintained by Men in Charge…. The women in my life were all smart and capable, but they rode in the passenger seat. ![]() ![]() Do not get me wrong for one second: I loved them, my mom’s and grandma’s friends, the consortium of bonus moms who helped raise me. They were mostly suburban church moms who didn’t drink, never cussed, and sang in the Christmas cantatas. This sentiment captures Jen Hatmaker’s personal evolution in her newest book, Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You. Do a quick Google search and you’ll find the sentiment on mugs, t-shirts, bumper stickers, and more. When she penned that phrase in the 1970’s, I bet she never imagined it would capture the imagination of generations to come. “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” So wrote Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, in a scholarly article about the funeral sermons of Christian women. ![]()
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