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A Year Long Chapter
Where on earth has the time gone? I shared with my husband not too long ago that I have been itching to write. My latest chapter in life coming to a close, a new one starting up and I was ready. So ready. I logged into my blog account this morning to take down a…
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Fearing the Worst & Why I Eat Kale
When I love, I love hard and grieve even harder. The worst of it is that I tend to grieve things that haven’t even happened. That’s just plan fear and worry. As I’ve mentioned on this blog, thanks to a dear, dear sister in Christ, this phenomenon is called stinkn’ thinkn’! #yourethebestSharky I am fearing…
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The Joys of Budgeting During Change
I’m writing this as much for me as I am for you. Preachn’ to myself, everyone! Planning for the future is hard. Next chapter’s structure, funding said next chapter, God throwing instruction into my plans, doing life with another person… it all is hard to manage and get flowing into the same direction. It doesn’t…
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Sleepless Nights and a Craving for Deep, Meaningful Camaraderie
Her candle doesn’t go out by night. {Proverbs 31:18} This girl’s candle typically blows out between 9:30 and 10pm. The fight usually begins around 8:30pm, though. That moment when my eyes start heavily drooping and my mind flirts with the R.E.M. cycle. Sleep hasn’t come easy lately. I don’t exactly know why but I’m suspicious…
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Go Team Go: How to Promote Unity in Marriage
A strong marriage begins with our individual relationship with the Lord. I’ve noticed in my own marital bliss that things can go very wrong and it usually stems from Brooks or me taking a lackadaisical approach to our faith and trust in God. Over and over we have to realign our steps to His will…
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Making Homemade Butter: Life Lessons from the Kitchen
Ah, the life of a writer… finding similarities in the oddest of scenarios. One of my “New Year’s Resolutions”, is to source my food holistically and locally. This in hopes of successfully coming alongside the low iron deficiency anemia and MTHFR that I’ve been diagnosed with. So, I decided to try my hand at making…
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William Smith
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