That stuff you're afraid to talk about...the sin you think is too messy? We unpack that here...

Through good and bad, sadness and joy, my heart lies with showing the goodness of God in all seasons. Especially the messy ones.

Pain.

There is purpose behind the

Beauty

There is                  in the chaos,

Mess,

there is meaning in the

Every day society tells us that life has to be perfect and orderly to be beautiful. Our day-to-day should be a nothing less than perfect. We need a flawless aesthetic, a five year plan and perfectly curated social media. There's nothing glamorous about disorder and uncertainty. It's not "normal" to struggle. 

But God wants to use those ugly parts, too. Those broken memories, those hidden struggles, and those less than beautiful moments. 

God wants to use the ugly stuff, too...

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Despite how much I love my son, he drives me insane. To say that my child never did anything wrong, would be insane…and an outright lie. To pretend that it doesn’t annoy the you-know-what out of me when my son throws a tantrum would also be a lie. So. Rather than pretending any of the […]

Family, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Random Things

January 13, 2011

Confessions of a Toddler Parent

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Tomorrow we leave behind the “Lower 48” and head to our new home in Alaska. Tomorrow we get to see how well our little guy handles air travel. Tomorrow we have to try to haul 3 suitcases, 1 garment bag, 1 Sea Bag, a backpack, a computer bag, a purse, and two kiddie backpacks into […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

January 12, 2011

Tomorrow

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My lovely, lovely friend Jhen of From Here to Eternity has started up her own photo hop and [though I’m a day late] I wanted to join in and play along! I am hoping to get caught up on photos and life in general at some point this century so that I can get back […]

Random Things

January 12, 2011

“In Love”

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Whew. This post is coming to you from Seattle, Washington! We have finally reached our final “lower 48” destination and are scheduled to fly to our new home on Thursday! The journey has been amazing! The sights were beautiful and the scenery was beyond words! I know that I’m several days behind on letting you […]

Military Life, Random Things

January 11, 2011

Cross Country Travels

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Okay, I promise I’m not going to name all of my cross-country drive posts after songs. But the first one was too easy…just as this one was.  🙂 Day Two of our journey left us in Memphis for the morning with Courtney and her little girl. We met at Starbucks first thing yesterday {Thursday} morning […]

Military Life

January 10, 2011

Meet Me in St. Louis (Day Two)

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Tuesday Evening: 10:20 pm That’s about how long I have to write this post… …just a moment. I’m surrounded by clothes, shoes, blankets, and un-endless amounts of random junk possessions attempting to finish all of the packing for our journey. I’ve been up and at em’ since before 7:00 this morning running errands and attempting […]

Military Life, Random Things

January 5, 2011

Just a moment…

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Happy 2011, everyone! I hope you all had a safe and exciting New Year’s Eve/Day. Me? I was asleep as the New Year rolled in and spent New Year’s Day eating {again…didn’t I do enough of that at Christmas?} and enjoying some time with family. Hard to believe we will be telling them goodbye in […]

Blogging

January 3, 2011

What’s to come…

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Thanks so much for all of your thoughts and input on this series. Blogging is something that takes time. It can take months-maybe even a few years-to grow your blog enough to ever be considered a “professional.” There are a few mommy bloggers that reached their pinnacle through unfortunate family circumstances, and then for others […]

Blogging

January 3, 2011

Quality over Quantity: It’s not how often you post | Blogging Effectively Series

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Welcome back to Part Three of the Blogging Effectively with Integrity series that I’ve put together. In case you missed it, you can find the Series Introduction here, Part One here, and Part Two here. The response to this series has been a little more overwhelming than I thought. I’ve had readers emailing and tweeting […]

Blogging

January 1, 2011

How to Drive Away your Readers | Blogging Effectively Series

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Happy New Year!! I hope everyone is having a safe and exciting New Year’s Eve…I’m home with my best guys; we’re getting too old to ring in the New Year. I am still shell shocked that it’s almost 2011 and another decade has gone by. And I still can’t believe how much my little guy […]

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January 1, 2011

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Courtney Kirkland is a Southeast Alabama Writer & Designer. Since 2011,, Courtney has passionately provided beautiful, intentional design to small businesses & bloggers and encouraged thousands to walk in a rich faith in any situation.

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