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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Hello my favorite bloggy friends! I hope you are all having a fantastic week! I have had a case of the “Monday’s” and been dealing with a nasty little sinus infection that I can’t get rid of, so I’ve been a bit ‘out’ of it lately. I apologize. I’ve been reading your blogs, even if […]

Random Things

February 18, 2010

Care if I spill?

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This was recently my Guest Post over at From Here to Eternity. A lot of my readers ventured over to read it there, but there were even more that didn’t. So, because I love you guys so much and because I love to share my story, here ya’ go! Part Two will be up for […]

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February 15, 2010

It’s a Love Story…Part One

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Yesterday we celebrated our Valentines Day {thanks to the fact that the Daytona 500 comes on today and the world stops for Nascar…haha. Kidding. But, no seriously}. We took Little Man to the International Plaza in Tampa to the Build-A-Bear workshop. We took him when he was 6 months old, but he really didn’t get […]

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February 14, 2010

Our Build-A-Bear Valentines Day :)

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{If you didn’t read the first part of mine and my husband’s love story, you can find it here!} I don’t think anyone really and truly believes that life after the “I do” is going to be a fairy tale. I think that we like to try to convince ourselves of that, but who really […]

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February 14, 2010

It’s a Love Story…Part Two

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1. What is the one thing your love does for you that you can’t live without? Hmmm…this one is tough. I think that more than anything I enjoy hubby’s non-stop encouragement. He is by far my absolute biggest fan. He is always around to offer me support in whatever it is that I want to […]

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February 12, 2010

5QF-Valentines Edition

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One of the things about Hubby & I that amazes me the most, is that we always share the same frame of mind.. When something is on his mind, it’s usually on mine-without even communicating about it. We are able to understand each other, without too much conversation. We just get it.  Over the past […]

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February 12, 2010

Happiness is not a gaurantee…it’s an option

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In Honor of Valentines Day, I am going to do something I don’t normally do…well, atleast something I don’t do enough of. I’m going to step away from the crafting, photo’s, and generally miscellaneous posts that I usually do and I’m going to devote this entire post to my wonderful husband. {Cue simultaneous gagging “awww”} In […]

Family, Marriage

February 10, 2010

I’m going to brag…

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I admit, I have always struggled with feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. While I can’t really place an exact reason as to why I have always felt this way, I think I can trace most of it back to my junior high days. I was a “late bloomer” {and I do mean late…talking 8th and […]

Writing

February 8, 2010

Mediocre Living

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In Honor of Valentines Day, Mama M is hosting this fun little blog hop where we get to talk all about love and romance and all that mushy gushy stuff. Today she’s asking how we met our significant other. Well….let’s see. It was July 2008, I had just started a new job as Patient Care Tech. […]

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February 7, 2010

How I fell in Love…

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Ok. So I’m not exactly snowed in. I mean, after all, I live in Florida. The weather is running between 65-70 degrees during the day. I’ve got the sliding glass doors and the windows open, feeling the sunshine and the breeze. Okay. Now that I’m making all of you snow birds sick, I’ll introduce myself.  […]

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February 5, 2010

Not so Snowed In…

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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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