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’m back to the blogging world. I’ve been MIA for a little while, but hopefully I am going to be able to get back on some kind of schedule. Some kind of normalcy is much needed. The past week or so things have been way busier and way more frustrating and emotional than I ever […]

Family, Marriage, Military Life

April 19, 2010

The Best & Worst Day of my Life

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I ran across Alecia at Savings & Stewardship via the “Friday Follow” back at the beginning of January. I stumbled across her blog at the peak of my frustration with coupon clipping and attempting to save money. I have to say that her blog was somewhat of a God-send because I have learned so much and […]

Family, Marriage

April 12, 2010

Writing Your Spouse a Love Letter

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I played along with this last week [I think it was last week…my days are all running together at this point] and wanted to join in again this week. It’s hosted by MannLand5. You just copy and paste her fun questions and fill in your answers.  Simple, right? 1. What color do you wear the […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

April 11, 2010

Getting to Know You

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The realization that Hubby is leaving us next weekend is finally starting to hit me. We’ve put off talking about it. Avoided the topic all together. And even tried to pretend it wasn’t coming. But it is. And I don’t like it. Not one teeny tiny bit. I know that I’m going to be “ok” […]

Military Life

April 10, 2010

Facing Reality

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I am super excited to have The Mommyologist guest posting for me today. Mary actually found me first several, several months ago before she switched over to WordPress land. She left some sweet comments and I knew that I had to check out her site. I am so glad that I did. Her humor and […]

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April 9, 2010

Maybe I should charge by the hour…

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My lovely friend Amanda at A Mom & Two Boys has written a fantastic post for you guys today! I found Amanda through our love of photography and our love for sweet little boys! {I only have one, but her two are precious!!} She is such a sweet gal and her love for Christ is unmistakable. […]

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April 7, 2010

Contentment

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If you thought you weren’t going to get to catch a glimpse of what we spent our Easter weekend doing, then you were wrong.  🙂 It took me a day or two to get all of the pictures edited, but I finally finished last night at about 10:30. We had a chaotic and exhausting weekend […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

April 6, 2010

What else did you expect? [An Easter Post]

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My lovely, lovely friend Mandi is our Guest today.  Mandy and I found one another long, long time ago when we were both little knowns in the Blog World and have since grown together into larger, more widely read sites. A resident of Alabama [and an Auburn fan. YUCK! 🙂 ], Mandi is a former […]

Family, Marriage

April 5, 2010

Let’s Talk S-E-X (PG-13 Post)

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Ok. So we’ve been home since Thursday night, but this is the first chance I’ve had to sit down at the computer and actually write a blog. Things have been in a whirlwind since we got here and I’m having to readjust to being ‘mommy’ full time. We made the trip home in a little […]

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April 3, 2010

Home at last

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Good morning guys and gals. Hope you are all having a splendid week. It’s already Wednesday [did this week go by fast for anyone other than me?] and the weekend is upon us. Normally I am more than ecstatic about the weekend, but the realization that my husband is leaving us in two weeks is […]

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March 31, 2010

An aray of thoughts…

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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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