There is a wall in her house with all seven of us grandkids pictured individually. We jokingly called it the “Wall of Fame,” but to her, it wasn’t a joke. We were, even to the very end, her greatest accomplishments, and when the great grandkids came along, her pride only grew. Kyle pointed out and …
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 …
Can’t go back to the beginning Can’t control what tomorrow will bringBut I know here in the middleIs a place where You promise to be“Here Again” Elevation Worship This song y’all. Doesn’t it just speak right to your heart and where this year has us all? Go listen to the whole song, plus all 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 …
Wholeness. Wholeness. Wholeness. This is the word that the pastor spoke over me and Eric at church last Sunday. Altar calls during worship before the message are very rare, but today was different. Immediately when the pastor got up to pray over the congregation during worship, the Holy Spirit nudged me to come to the …
Set in stone. I chose this OPI color for my toes when I finally went for a pedicure to soothe my tired, working feet last weekend. I’m a sucker for the names of the polish and must admit, I make my selection based more on the name than the actual color. I made this choice …
It has been a little over a week since Hurricane Michael ripped up through the panhandle. These past two weeks have really been such a fog. It’s hard to process what even happened. It’s hard to know what to feel. There are so many emotions flowing. As we entered our neighborhood from evacuating last Friday, …
I was so conflicted on what to write, what to share today. A day when less than 48 hours ago, a major hurricane ripped up through parts of the panhandle, just miles east of where we live. I feel like at such times, words are hard to formulate. It’s hard to know what to say …
In honor of our baby girl Kirie Jaelynn getting baptized today, I am piggy backing off some of the information I shared in last week’s blog post (“Train Up a Child”, go check it out if you haven’t yet-shameless plug haha). I want to talk about our little girl today and specifically how her coming …
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 …
I do not believe everything happens for a reason. I also do not believe in a God, a good father that causes bad things to happen to His children. I know things happen. I also know that many things in this life that we walk through are hard to understand, especially when things that we …
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 …