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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I hate the post office. Really. Never have I been there, gotten what I needed to get or mailed what I needed to mail without some sort of ridiculous debacle. When I mailed hubby’s first “care package” to him last month, what should have been a quick in and out type thing, turned into a […]

Random Things

August 26, 2010

Postal Disaster

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To the idea of doing photography professionally. I love taking pictures more than anything. I love being a part of peoples lives…especially the ones that they want to remember the most. The weddings and the newborn shots and the maternity pictures. But I think I’m going to give it all up. It’s been on my […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

August 24, 2010

Thinking of saying goodbye…

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Today is Monday. As if you didn’t know that. And my creative juices are at a pretty decent stand still. I’m going to have to do something about that. But I feel the need, and the desire, to get something posted here today and I friend of mine suggested Miscellany Monday…a blog hop that is […]

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August 23, 2010

Miscellany Monday

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The theme for Mama and the Dudes challenge this week is Wow. I knew the perfect photo for this challenge when I saw the theme. I took this the last time I went to visit my old college roommate and best friend. We had gone to Starbucks and I bought Little Man a pack of […]

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August 23, 2010

Wow

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Tomorrow marks the month milestone for my little photography business. It was February 23 of this year when I decided to go with my gut, cast aside my nerves and pursue photography as a profession. I purchases my first SLR camera with just a kit lens, and dove head first into shooting anything and everything […]

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August 22, 2010

6 Months In…

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This is by far one of my favorite verses…always has been. With the way that our society has gone downhill and the depreciation of value in the sanctity of marriage, this verse serves as a reminder that there are some things that will always be important. Some things will always matter.

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August 22, 2010

A Touch of Faith

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I read a post over that Brandi wrote over at Stepping On Cheerios that really made me stop and think. To be honest with you, this is a post that I have had in the back of my mind to write for a long, long time, but never sit down and take the time to […]

Lifestyle

August 18, 2010

Dear Me

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The lovely Mandy over at It’s a Beautiful Life is hosting here very first photography blog hop today! I couldn’t not play along. You know me. I love blog hops. They are a fabulous way to meet new people and there are always so many other creative people to participate; I gain a lot of […]

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August 17, 2010

Signature Look

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As much as I love him, my husband really pisses me off sometimes. Instead of listening to me when I tried to tell him about the whole postal incident, I get a freakin earful about how I need to handle it. I am handling it. My mother-in-laws bosses wife is a Post Master and used […]

Random Things

August 16, 2010

My husband ticks me off…

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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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