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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Whew. The day has been chaotic. Hubby’s mom and brother came down to visit today, which meant that we had to get up and clean, clean, clean! I’ll be honest with you, I haven’t cleaned the house really good since February when we found out that we had gotten orders and would be moving. It’s […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

March 18, 2010

Arrival of the In-laws & such

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Good morning, everyone! I hope this post-daylight savings Monday doesn’t have you dragging too bad. I am feeling like I could drink an entire pot of coffee in one sitting. I hate Daylight Savings. Ugh. Not only do I not even remotely understand the purpose and reasoning behind it, but I hate waking up when […]

Blogging

March 15, 2010

I’m not going to vent about the NY Times [much]

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Yesterday was one of those absolutely wonderful, nearly perfect days. Hubby got up with Little Man yesterday morning which allowed me the chance to sleep in until 9:30. Once I woke up, we got showered and dressed and headed down to the beach for a picnic lunch. It was an absolutely beautiful 78 degrees and […]

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March 11, 2010

The Perfect Day

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A lot of my favorite bloggy friends went to “Bloggy Boot Camp” this past weekend in Baltimore. I’m so excited because I’m planning to go to the one being hosted in San Francisco. It’s fallen in the same week that hubby graduates from A-School [just outside of San Francisco!} so I was planning on being […]

Blogging

March 9, 2010

Branding myself…

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I love all things Etsy. I love buying mom-made, I love owning cute and unique items. And if I could, I would shop from some of my favorite etsy shops all day, every day. {But I’m pretty sure my husband wouldn’t be really happy about my spending money like that. :)  } I have recently […]

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March 7, 2010

Super Fantastic Giveaway!!

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I really, really love my husband. He’s a great guy and he’s so good to me. But you see…there’s this other guy. This really, unbelievably cute guy that I am sort of crazy in love with, too. He’s not necessarily tall dark and handsome. But kind of short, with a little pudgy belly, and to […]

Random Things

March 7, 2010

There’s this guy…

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I did not schedule a post for today. I wanted to, but I didn’t. Because I am angry. I mean extremely, unrealistically mad. That doesn’t happen to me very often. Honestly. If you don’t believe me, I’ll let you talk to my husband. I just don’t get mad. In all reality, I just don’t really care. […]

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March 5, 2010

Laying on the line and throwing in the towel

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This month, iheartfaces is hosting an unbelievable giveaway. I usually don’t enter these things, but I want to win this one bad enough that I figured it wouldn’t hurt to give it a shot. They are giving away a FREE ticket to Amy Wenzel’s photography workshop in Grand Rapids, MI. In order to enter, you have […]

Random Things

March 3, 2010

Do you inspire?

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Life has me overwhelmed right now. I am feeling so many different emotions right now, I can’t really even begin to put them all into perspective. It’s kind of crazy and, in all honesty, it gives me a headache. I’m feeling so unbelievably excited that things are finally about to take off for us. I’m […]

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March 3, 2010

A Promise during times of Uncertainty

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Find the balance between being a wife and a mother is hard. It’s a headache. It’s an adventure. It’s a never ending choice that has to be made: “What is going to be the most important thing to me today?” And I feel like more often than not, our poor husbands lose out on that […]

Family, Marriage

March 2, 2010

Mother-Wife or Lover-Wife?

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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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