Can I be sappy for a minute, please? (Let’s be real. I’m typing this whether you like it or not, with or without your permission). My sweet girl, my first born is 8 years old today and it’s giving me all the feels. I took this picture on her 6th birthday, 2 years ago today,…
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I’m reading a book right now called Nothing To Prove by Jennie Allen and it’s great. I’m sure I’ll write about so much coming out of my heart because of this book in the near future. But right now, I’ve got to be real about something. Because Jennie talks a little bit about this in…
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Guys, I’m messed up and I think Girl Scouts played a decent role in the messing. I don’t know what it’s like today, but we had this motto or way of doing things when I was a scout as a kid. We never left a place the way we found it; it was always better…
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I stopped my cousin mid-sentence yesterday because she said something that totally took me back. She was telling me about her plans for next week, and she said she’d be doing something on the first of September. And that the first of September is next Friday. I interrupted her to ask “how are we already…
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Sweet and scared, You see me. You recognize me. I don’t intimidate you with my needs. You don’t turn away from my pain. You embrace me. You look at me and you see me. You see all of me. And because you do, it’s not just imperfections you see. You bring out my beauty. Your…
I was talking with someone lately about Christian things, and nothing makes me feel more like a freaking hypocrite than giving godly advice, even if it’s good advice. This sucks because a lot of the problems I’ve had in my recent Christian history is with hypocrites. I’ve let so many people come into my life…
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. (Isaiah 61:3 NLT) I love tree pose and I love trees.…
I’ve found that writing in the moment of a thought or a feeling has done me much better as of late than sitting on something to write about and work through later. So right now, I’m writing from the passenger seat of our family van on the way home from vacation. We’re in the rainy…
About a week ago, my mother and I took my 7 year old daughter to New York City on a trip organized by her school. I went to New York in 2014 and visited the city for a few hours one day, and ever since then, she’s been saying that seeing it for herself –…
I’ve been mulling over the idea of happiness for years, but every once in a while, a small little moment slaps me in the face with these amazing and wonderful realizations. I saved the picture above a few weeks ago to my phone just because I thought it was cute. I never had any…
You know how it goes. You buy a new car you’ve barely seen, and suddenly, it’s everywhere. Everyone has one. This happened to me a few years ago. I bought a Ford Escape in a blue color that, honestly, I hated. But it was the more practical of the two SUV options I had in…
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. | Og Mandino You reap what you sow. And about a week ago or so, I was seriously considering sowing some rotten seeds just to be spiteful for rotten seeds being planted in a garden close to mine. But I’m thankful for…
