Tea Time with Mandy: The Emerald Chandelier Tea Room
There are moments when God invites us to slow down long enough to notice His goodness again. Stepping into The Emerald Chandelier Tea Room in Griffin, Georgia, felt like stepping into…
http://countrygirlgonecity.com/2025/12/01/tea-time-with-mandy-the-emerald-chandelier-tea-room/
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Peace in the Storm: Taste and See That the Lord Is Good
Growing up in the Appalachian Mountains, my Granny used to share story after story from her own childhood — tales of faith, hardship, and the quiet kind of strength our ancestors carried without…
http://countrygirlgonecity.com/2025/12/04/peace-in-the-storm-taste-and-see-that-the-lord-is-good/
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Tea Time with Mandy: The Empty Chair
Sarah hadn’t felt much of anything for a long time. The house was quiet that December afternoon—too quiet, the kind of quiet that grief lays over a home like a heavy blanket. Lights from the Christmas tree glowed softly across the dining room walls, yet nothing in the room felt warm. It had been…
http://countrygirlgonecity.com/2025/12/08/tea-time-with-mandy-the-empty-chair/
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Peace in the Storm: When Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgot
There are storms that roar in with wind and thunder, and then there are storms that arrive in silence—the kind that unravel you from the inside out long before you…
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Tea Time with Mandy: A Pause in the Middle of the City
There are places in New York City where the noise does not disappear, but it changes character. Where urgency loosens its grip just enough to remind you that you are…
http://countrygirlgonecity.com/2025/12/15/tea-time-with-mandy-a-pause-in-the-middle-of-the-city/
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Peace in the Storm: When Feeling Again Feels Like Drowning
The first thing I noticed was my breath or rather, the absence of it. I came back into myself gasping, lungs aching as though I had been underwater far longer than I realized. Fear followed immediately, sharp and disorienting, because with breath came…
http://countrygirlgonecity.com/2025/12/18/peace-in-the-storm-when-feeling-again-feels-like-drowning/
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Tea Time with Mandy: When Avoidance Looks Like Strength
Elizabeth Hunt had learned that grief did not always arrive with warning. At times it settled into her body before she had time to prepare, like those moments in the driver’s seat when the door was closed and the world waited just…
http://countrygirlgonecity.com/2025/12/22/tea-time-with-mandy-when-avoidance-looks-like-strength/
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Tea Time with Mandy: Five Loaves, Two Fish, and a Midnight Knock
For over twenty years now, Dexter and I have prayed the same simple prayer every Christmas season, “Lord, show us a family in need. Let us be a blessing.” It has never been complicated. We don’t ask for the means. We ask for the…