I guess we are all being quite reflective now a days. Our baby boy, our smile, our laughter, our KEEPER just graduated high school. Things seem so surreal and I guess won’t really hit us until we drop him off to stay in the dorms come August. But for now, he is with us working …
Listen. I don’t have a big platform in which I can speak. I do not get involved in political issues nor try to argue with people about what I think, especially on social media of all places. I do however have this little blog in which I speak from my heart, share my experiences of …
When I look back I thank Him…when I look forward I trust Him. These are the words that hang on a sign in our house…the sweetest gift from dear friends, a parting gift as we left our “happy place” to step into this new season and journey of faith and trust. These words couldn’t be …
” I don’t know if this will make you feel better or not, but she listened to your victim’s statement in court and showed genuine remorse. I’ve seen a lot of these cases and she seems like one that will learn from this and turn her life around.” These are the words the district attorney …
So just two weeks ago, we roped our amazing friend into taking photos of us for a Christmas card that we just sent out last week. On that card we officially shared the announcement of our big move with family and friends. Don’t be surprised if your card makes it after Christmas, and know we …
Last week our family experienced our first high school event with our son Kieran. HOCO, the new trendy way to say Homecoming, just so happened to be an event that was “kind of a big deal”. I mean I don’t really remember even going to a homecoming event myself aside from maybe going to a …
Get your part right. This is the anthem I was taught growing up, by not only my parents, but also by sweet, Christian parents of friends who really followed the heart of God by pouring truth and love into the lives of the next generation. It takes a village y’all. This is an anthem I …
I want to share my heart today and get back to the simple message of grace-the reason that I am where I am today, that I started this blog, and that keeps me pushing through. I have not mustered up my own girl power or strength to persevere through this journey I’ve been walking, I …
She had just lost her husband. With his line of work there wasn’t a retirement, inheritance, or really anything left behind to support their debt or her and her two sons. She was faced with losing everything and all she had was a small amount of olive oil. This is a story of trust, obedience, …
One year. While “time flies” this past year has seemed to drag on. A lot can happen in a year, a lot did happen in minutes to completely change our lives. It all happened so fast, yet the recovery has been so slow. Am I 100%? No. Am I still continuing to heal? Yes. Am …
My favorite coin phrase through my journey of healing and finding my new “normal” post car collision has been “its been a roller coaster.” Roller coaster of emotions, roller coaster of pain, roller coaster in and out of comfort. There have been times just when I had gotten comfortable with the way things were, that …
Stillness. Patience. Waiting. None of my strong suits. For some time I have been praying and believing for God to bring forth some of the desires of my heart. I’ve been praying to be able to use the gifts He’s given me in a place that was healthy, life giving, and most of all in …
This part of my story is hard for me to share, because it’s something I struggle with daily; the tongue, understanding the power of my words, and the things I speak over my life and circumstances. One (mostly being my Mr. Positive Pollyanna husband) might say I am not a very positive person. However, I …
I share an important notable part of our story with a small piece of my heart hurting as friends that have become family(framily) have left our area this week to move further south. Hurting, but fitting none the less, as I want to share about the importance of the community throughout our circumstances of the …
I touched on fear when I shared about the peace that transcended our circumstances during the car collision that had left us in a state of shock. While it seems like a natural, warranted reaction to certain circumstances, specifically for many of us it being a fear of the unknown, fear is a very tricky …
I shared previously, that it was after I knew my husband, and especially kids were okay in the car collision that I was able to swallow what had happened and be at peace with whatever was to come. I believe that many of you would be much the same, in first knowing your kids were …
I’m venturing off the beating path today from the order of our story to talk about love and marriage, all in honor of the wedding anniversary to my only one. Today marks seven years that I married Eric, the one who my soul loves, in an intimate, private (being just the two of us and …
So, I said after sharing the facts and account of our traumatic car wreck, to be encouraged because God showed up and just as promised, I’m here to tell you when we first saw Him. You may have read my last post and seriously asked how? How can one find the joy of the Lord …
The Wreck This is my account of the traumatic experience of being struck in a head-on collision by a drunk driver that literally wrecked our lives. As I share in this post mostly just the facts, be encouraged that while this is the account of our real and raw experience, Jesus and His grace was …
Irreversible is defined as not able to be undone, not reversible. If you are anything like me, I’m certain there are many things in life, especially some of those experiences that are completely out of your control, that you would like to reverse. Maybe your words, actions, accidents, or troubles don’t always result in what’d …