2015: Survive 2016: Bravery 2017: Strength 2018: Build 2019: Abundance My words of the year, these last five years, tell a story. My story of surviving, of bravery, of strength, of rebuilding, and of — at last — thriving in the abundance that God has…
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What I’ve Learned: My Swan Song for 2018
Read more“If you want to know what it’s like to survive hell and still come out shining brighter than the sun, just look into the eyes of a woman who has survived intense damage and refused to allow it to destroy her softness.” –Nikita Gill For…
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Gingerbread Houses (& What Happened to December?)
Read moreHello, friends! I am going to do a little bit of a catch up. December was a whirlwind for so many reasons. The kids & I got taken down by a virus from hell that left me useless for two weeks. It was terrible. I…
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Organizing Photos // Rosie & Lacie: Our Holland Lop Bunnies
Read moreIn the last month, my problem with photo hoarding finally blew up in my face. I ran out of storage space on my iMac which I have been using for professional & personal photography since 2013. I also crossed over to 14,000+ photos on my…
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Marina Grace at 3 years & 8 Months: A Child So Different from Myself
Read moreWhile I am in yoga and Roman is at school, Marina stays in the kids care program at my gym. She has never been in daycare or stayed in any type of group care setting before, so I was very nervous about leaving her there…
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Heart Spill & Halloween 2018
Read moreHow are you, friends? I am a few weeks late posting these snaps from Halloween & trick-or-treating. But here they are. It was such a magical night. Marina’s ghost costume actually lit up. So once the sun started to set, she was glowing. It was…
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Choosing Happiness
Read moreThank you BB&T for sponsoring this post. If you’ve only started reading my blog recently, you might not know that this wasn’t always a blog about motherhood, wellness, and simple living. In fact, this space used to be primarily about my personal journey of overcoming…
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Carving a Pumpkin on Halloween Eve
Read moreIt is November 1st, the morning after Halloween. There is a sadness in my heart now that my favorite time has passed. Yet, at the same time, the beautiful enormity of the memories that we made this year warm my heart to joy. Now that…
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diary: leaves are falling
Read more“The leaves are all falling. And they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.” –Andrea Gibson Some days feel too good to be real. An old friend comes back into my life, someone that I loved once and love still. When we are…