McCall Dempsey

  • Home
  • Loving Imperfection Blog
  • about
    • fun facts
    • SMASH Cancer
    • Prayers for Marjorie
      • Life on Bed Rest
      • NICU Life: Week 1 & 2
      • NICU Life: Week 3 & 4
      • NICU Life: Week 5 & 6
      • NICU Life: Week 7 & 8
      • NICU Life: Week 9 & 10
      • coming home
  • speaking
    • Calendar
    • videos
    • press
      • Articles by McCall
  • Contact Me

I LOVE hearing from readers!

Connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or drop me an email below! And don’t forget to Like Southern Smash on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

For speaking requests, please email: info@southernsmash.org 

Share Tweet Pin it +1

Subscribe to Blog!

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Follow Southern Smash on Facebook!

Follow Me on Instagram

  • I’ve been quietly counting down to this day. ▫️ 365 days. ▫️ I woke up before the sun and decided to head to the beach for sunrise and then to church. I lit a candle, prayed, cried, wrote a blog and got back to life as I know it: work, emails, carpool and kids. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned this year it is that life goes on. ▫️ I’ve learned a lot this year in grief, but my biggest lesson came nearly nine years ago from my lifelong best friend @laurenbarksdalehill, on the one year anniversary of her sweet brother’s death. Little did I know her simple words and grace would carry me through the toughest year. ▫️ Sharing this profound lesson and many others on today’s blog ▫️ One Year Gone: Lessons In Grief {link in profile}
  • We live AT the beach (literally) and rarely take advantage. Why? ▫️ It’s easy to get busy and put off things we enjoy. In my head, I think, “I should be working...folding laundry...calling about the next event...volunteering at the kids’ school...taking dogs to the vet...emailing...conference calls...laundry...the list goes on. Where am I on the list? ▫️ The beach and fun things are “saved” for social gatherings. But why do I always wait for an invite to treat myself to what is in my backyard? ▫️ Mom life can be lonely. Especially for us moms who are transplants. (And whose husbands work weekends and 24/7!) I put exploring the city for fun last and replace it with to do lists. ▫️ And I used to put myself on the bottom, but now I have the amazing gift of awareness. I know when I fall to the bottom of the totem pole and I have cultivated the skill to bring myself to the top. ▫️ My favorite saying: you cannot pour from an empty cup. ▫️ Today, my spirit needed self care, sand and my munchkins...and I did just that. I was inspired this morning by my friends at @jaxmomsblog to love where you live and just GO! You don’t need a perfect outfit or time or invitation or person to go to the beach. Sometimes it’s just an after school walk, soaking in the sea breeze just because. I learned a very important lesson today: The beach will always be there, I just have to make the effort to go. 🏖 ☀️💕
  • Every now and then, my girl slows down long enough for me to soak in her powerful presence. ▫️ My Marjorie is a (loud) singing and dancing tornado who loves black and Nightmare Before Christmas. ▫️ I pray she never stops being 100% true to who she is. ▫️ I pray she keeps breaking the mold and maybe shatter a glass ceiling or two. ▫️ The future is GIRL. 💕💪

Search

2015 Best Health Blogs 1st Place
Healthline

Recent Posts

  • One Year Gone: Lessons in Grief
  • How I Finally Lost the Holiday Weight
  • Year 8: Thriving with Intention

Categories

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Subscribe to McCall's blog

Recent Posts

  • One Year Gone: Lessons in Grief
  • How I Finally Lost the Holiday Weight
  • Year 8: Thriving with Intention
  • Happy [Grieving] Birthday to Me
  • Cancer: The FINAL Chapter
  • The Scanxiety Dance
  • Ditching the BUSY Diet
Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Google + Youtube Snapchat
  • I’ve been quietly counting down to this day. ▫️ 365 days. ▫️ I woke up before the sun and decided to head to the beach for sunrise and then to church. I lit a candle, prayed, cried, wrote a blog and got back to life as I know it: work, emails, carpool and kids. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned this year it is that life goes on. ▫️ I’ve learned a lot this year in grief, but my biggest lesson came nearly nine years ago from my lifelong best friend @laurenbarksdalehill, on the one year anniversary of her sweet brother’s death. Little did I know her simple words and grace would carry me through the toughest year. ▫️ Sharing this profound lesson and many others on today’s blog ▫️ One Year Gone: Lessons In Grief {link in profile}
  • We live AT the beach (literally) and rarely take advantage. Why? ▫️ It’s easy to get busy and put off things we enjoy. In my head, I think, “I should be working...folding laundry...calling about the next event...volunteering at the kids’ school...taking dogs to the vet...emailing...conference calls...laundry...the list goes on. Where am I on the list? ▫️ The beach and fun things are “saved” for social gatherings. But why do I always wait for an invite to treat myself to what is in my backyard? ▫️ Mom life can be lonely. Especially for us moms who are transplants. (And whose husbands work weekends and 24/7!) I put exploring the city for fun last and replace it with to do lists. ▫️ And I used to put myself on the bottom, but now I have the amazing gift of awareness. I know when I fall to the bottom of the totem pole and I have cultivated the skill to bring myself to the top. ▫️ My favorite saying: you cannot pour from an empty cup. ▫️ Today, my spirit needed self care, sand and my munchkins...and I did just that. I was inspired this morning by my friends at @jaxmomsblog to love where you live and just GO! You don’t need a perfect outfit or time or invitation or person to go to the beach. Sometimes it’s just an after school walk, soaking in the sea breeze just because. I learned a very important lesson today: The beach will always be there, I just have to make the effort to go. 🏖 ☀️💕
  • Every now and then, my girl slows down long enough for me to soak in her powerful presence. ▫️ My Marjorie is a (loud) singing and dancing tornado who loves black and Nightmare Before Christmas. ▫️ I pray she never stops being 100% true to who she is. ▫️ I pray she keeps breaking the mold and maybe shatter a glass ceiling or two. ▫️ The future is GIRL. 💕💪
  • I did the whole #bestnine thing and it didn’t feel right. ▫️ Every photo was about the death of best friend or my appearance on the Today Show. Sure. Both pivotal events of my year, one more so than the other. But my “most liked” photo did not define my year...or me. ▫️ I did over 50 speaking event this year and spoke to over 5,000 people. But that doesn’t matter. ▫️ Many years ago my dearest friend and mentor told me about planting seeds...life isn’t about changing people, it’s about planting seeds. ▫️ And that’s what I set out to do... ▫️ From my first event, I made a goal...not to fill seats, but to plant seeds. I don’t care if there’s 5,000 people in the audience or 5. If I plant ONE seed of hope, then I’ve done my job. ▫️ I pray I did that in 2018 and I pray and set simple goals to do that in 2019. It’s not about raising money or speaking to thousands. I simply want ONE person to know they are not alone. ▫️ Cheers to 2018 and here is to planting seeds in 2019 🌟
  • 3️⃣ Reasons Why I Love Sports Bra Selfies:1️⃣ Go against societal norms...embracing my curves and daring to LOVE myself2️⃣ Show off my favorite gear from @wearpact (best sports bra ever)3️⃣ Remind you to check out my new blog on how I lost the holiday weight...and no I don’t mean what you think! (link in da profile)
  • The “outdoor” cat didn’t make the picture, but decided to post anyway. Merry everything and blessed always...love the ZOO!!! 👩🏼🧑🏻👦🏼👧🏼🐶🐶😺 ▫️ And yes, Marjorie is holding a Sally doll from Nightmare Before Christmas. Don’t be fooled by the princess garb. This girl is straight goth.
  • “Hi Santa. I’m just here for the candy canes.” - Marjorie 🤦🏼‍♀️🎄❄️🎅🏻☃️ . . . . . . #atleastshessmiling #manningisinittowinit #believers #webelieve #andlovecandycanes #whencandyislife #sassypants #sweetboy #opposites #christmas #santavisit #miraculousmarjorie #hurricanemanning #mom #motherhood #momlife #writer #momblogger
  • Today I finally got the first batch of Christmas cards in the mail (yes, I know I am late). ▫️ As I walked up to the Post Office I read a sign above the PO Boxes... ▫️ “Rent A Box” ▫️ Most would never notice it, but I did and it took my breath away. ▫️ My life was once nothing but secrets. Secrets of my eating disorder...the restriction, binging, purging, laxatives, diuretics, self hate and diet pills. Ugh the pills. ▫️ I hid my addiction from everyone even my husband and I wrote it off as “no big deal” because they are so socially acceptable...along with our crash diet culture. ▫️ My addiction was hidden inside a PO Box. My pills arrived in my secret PO Box where no one knew. My “no big deal” disorder was the biggest shame secret of my life. A secret that almost killed me. ▫️ Today as I walked into the post office I thought about the person I once was and the beautiful life in recovery I now live. I thought about all those who live and die by the number on the scale and fad diets. And I send love to those in the throws of their eating disorders. ▫️ Recovery is possible and measuring your worth by the number on the scale is not really living. Jump outside society’s standard of beauty and never give up. This girl went from sneaking into the PO Box in shame to walking in with hands full of late Christmas cards because life is so wonderfully busy and imperfectly amazing. 💕🎄

Follow Me!

© 2017 - McCall Dempsey All Rights Reserved

Back to top