Single Since '91 | Shining a Light on Singleness for God's Glory

Dear Reader,

Published by Ashley Tripp

Dear Reader, Hello, it’s me. I haven’t written a post lately. Excuses run through my brain like a pinball machine. (Too busy, too tired, too lazy, etc). However, you...

08/09/2018

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You are Loved: Finding Worth in God Instead of Resumes and Relationships.

Published by Ashley Tripp

“Some days you’re tired of trying to measure up. You see a girl who’s not enough when you look in the mirror.” As a single girl of 27 years, I...

06/23/2018

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How the Five Senses Will Change the Way You Spend Time With God.

Published by Ashley Tripp

In the hustle and bustle of my morning routine or lack thereof, purposeful time spent with God shoves its way toward the bottom of my list of to-dos. As...

05/01/2018

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When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned.

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As soon as the teacher turned toward the dry erase board, a crinkled scrap piece of paper made its way to my desk. I glanced around the classroom to...

02/01/2018

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When You Feel Unloveable

Published by Ashley Tripp

Back home in ATL, I am surrounded by 30+ post-grad singles within my church community alone. But out here in Fort Collins, CO, I’m more aware of my relationship...

07/04/2017

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Why Rush Into a Relationship?

Published by Ashley Tripp

Dancing his way through Atlanta last night, Jack Frost twirled with the trees and coated every branch with tiny droplets of ice. The branches drooped lower and lower in attempts to...

01/07/2017

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6 Motivational Marriage Quotes for Singles

Published by Ashley Tripp

Confidence mixed with caution, I held my bouquet like it was my job. Shoulders back, chin lifted and core tight, my Carolina blue dress rhythmically swayed to the dancing breeze of...

11/18/2016

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How the 5 Emotions from Disney Pixar’s”Inside Out” Relates to Our Sins

Published by Ashley Tripp

We desire to be desired. We want to be wanted. We long to be longed. …especially as a single girl. And when we choose not to believe God fulfills all of...

05/11/2016

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Expectation v. Reality

Published by Ashley Tripp

Legs too short to tap my toes on the carpet, my feet rhythmically swayed mid-air to the beat of the music. Not only did I need a melody of escape, but...

03/23/2016

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5 Truths About (Emotional) Dating

Published by Ashley Tripp

“1, 2… 1, 2, 3, 4!” Waking up to Raspberry Beret, I extended my hand over to my flip phone jamming out on my desk and turned off its alarm...

01/23/2016

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Why Dictionary’s Definition of ‘Single’ Does Not Define Our Worth.

Published by Ashley Tripp

Single: (adjective) only one in number; one only; unique; sole of, relating to, or suitable for one person only solitary or sole; lone unmarried or not in a romantic...

01/13/2016

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06/08/2018

6 Steps to Clear Skin

It hurt to smile. The delight in my cheeks faded altogether. For the next five years, acne invaded my...

by Ashley Tripp

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02/25/2018

Pretty in Pale

This is the story of a girl who was told all her life that pale wasn’t pretty. For years...

by Ashley Tripp

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02/08/2018

4 Ingredients to Spice Up Your Galentine’s Day

Cashew fixed his beady black eyes on me as I held his golden brown plush fabric. At 10 years...

by Ashley Tripp

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10/29/2017

Permission to Ask the Guy Out.

“Just ask him out for coffee,” I tell myself. Is it possible to guard your heart and risk it at...

by Ashley Tripp

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04/19/2017

My First Week on Bumble

From Bow Bridge to Bethesda Terrace, scenes of Amy Adams singing “That’s How You Know” from Disney’s Enchanted popped into...

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03/07/2017

The Body Image Conversation

“Suck in your stomach and tuck in your bottom,” Ping, my ballet professor, pointed out to me in front of...

by Ashley Tripp

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01/04/2017

Ever thought about online dating? Me too.

Refusing to take another step further, my footprints sank deeper into the sand. A crowd of college boys each held a...

by Ashley Tripp

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12/15/2016

Why It’s Important to Shake it Off

As soon as I hear those distinct doorbell dings, I know it’s only a matter of seconds before Mariah Carey tells me exactly...

by Ashley Tripp

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05/05/2016

6 Steps to Surviving the Friend Zone: As told by ‘She’s the Man’

Having a crush is like a math equation. Problematic, even. 1 x 1= 1 Boy likes girl x girl likes boy=...

by Ashley Tripp

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12/22/2015

3 Lessons I Learned From My Middle School Mistakes

Before the days of Facebook stalking, Tweeting, Snapchatting, double-tapping, and proudly displaying a Top 8 on Myspace, us 90s kids...

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Natalie’s Story: 5 Tips for Dating in the Big (App)le

by Ashley Tripp

When I moved to New York City almost two years ago, I dreamed of this huge new life that I would create for myself. I thought of my career goals, bettering who I am as a person, and, of course, I thought about finding love. For almost three years previously I lived in a beautiful town in Appalachia with a population of 8,000 people,...

04/03/2018

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Kelsey’s Story: The Gift Unasked for

by Ashley Tripp

A loud message from pop culture shouts to the world and says, “Christmas is only ‘Merry’ if you have someone special to meet under the mistletoe, sipping hot cocoa by the fire gazing into each other’s eyes.” The holiday centered around Christ, the only man who can bring us perfect love and fulfillment, has been watered down by the romanticism of an imperfect person....

12/24/2017

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Paige’s Story: It’s okay to not be okay.

by Ashley Tripp

I 100% believed I’d be getting married immediately out of college, and I couldn’t be more grateful that didn’t happen. I didn’t know “single twenty-somethings” was a people group before I arrived in the midst of them, and the last two years of my life have been my favorites. God has allowed me to dodge so many bullets and given me countless memories that...

06/19/2017

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Meg’s Story: Creating Space for Both a Career and a Companion

by Ashley Tripp

Completely content in where God has me, I reflect on the people He has put in my life as well as the direction He has given me in my career. But then there’s that bomb. BOOM. The explosion in the sky that comes out of nowhere. I try to trust God, keeping my hands open with my career and with any relationship that may come my...

02/14/2017

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Olivia’s Story: Braving a Breakup in NYC

by Ashley Tripp

Ever since I was a little girl, I dreamed of waking up in the city that never sleeps. And for a semester in college, New York City became my “home away from home” after landing a killer internship with Phillip Lim in their Wholesale Department. It was everything I expected and more. However, what I didn’t expect during my time in the city was...

01/31/2017

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Karly’s Story: Single, yet in a relationship

by Ashley Tripp

By Karly Petrella I sit and consider a list of wants (and still want) that the Lord has not given me. There are hundreds, countless tears. My hand aches from writing out angry, bitter prayers to the Lord in the honesty of my heart. I often think I know best. My heart has been broken from a lack of a romantic relationship. Like Ashley, I’ve been single since...

01/26/2017

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Loving Someone Who Doesn’t Love Jesus

by Ashley Tripp

By: Charlie* It’s a steady stinging sensation that I have felt 50 times before, but this time it’s more. It’s more painful. It’s lasting longer, darker; and somehow filled with more hope than the other times. There had been talk of a ring. Like, THE ring. We were going to have this perfect life together. And yet I could feel my heart craving something,...

06/04/2016

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Karly’s Story: Relying on the Holy Spirit in Her Singleness

by Ashley Tripp

By Kary Petrella Hey, I’m Karly. Lover of Jesus Extreme extrovert Obnoxious laughter Single since ’91 That last description is a label I’ve never been proud of, nor a label I’ve been comfortable in sharing with others. As a result, I turned my years of singleness into a joke so that people wouldn’t know, that in reality, my singleness was no laughing matter to me. As a result, I’ve let...

02/10/2016

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