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 haven’t posted a recipe here in a long time. I told myself that I was going to start posting one once a week, and yea, that didn’t happen. But in the Spirit of Christmas time, I am going to share with you some of my favorites! These are some of the things that we […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

December 10, 2009

Favorite Holiday Recipes!

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Good morning everyone! I find myself in a very well-rested and fantastic mood this morning. Noah, for reasons unknown to me, slept in this morning until 9:00! That’s the very latest he has EVER slept and I much enjoyed it. We took some photos around the house the past couple of days and at a […]

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December 10, 2009

Funny Photos!

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Well. It’s Wednesday. Which means that Sheila over at ‘To Love, Honor, and Vaccum” is hosting ‘Wifey Wednesday.’ This is easily one of my favorite meme’s because I enjoy talking about marriage, and reading what others have to say on the subject. Today, Sheila wants to talk about the hard times in marriage and we overcame […]

Family, Marriage

December 9, 2009

Wifey Wednesday

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Not much going on here in our neck of the woods today. Nor is there a lot to write an entire blog post about, so instead I give you these random tid bits:      *I think we have finally came to the conclusion that we will not be going to Alabama for Christmas this year. […]

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December 8, 2009

Random Tuesday Thoughts…

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Happy Monday Everyone! Another week has come and gone, and Christmas is easing ever so close…Have you got your shopping done yet? Not I. We haven’t even started our Christmas shopping. I have a few ideas for things but seeing as how my husband is being stubborn and won’t tell me what he wants this […]

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December 7, 2009

Giving to the Lord…

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Hello my favorite loyal bloggy friends… I am in need of a teeny, tiny favor. You see that really cute little blinking button at the bottom of this post and over to your right under the “click it please…”heading. Could you do that for me? They reset all of the counters on Top Mommy Blogs […]

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December 5, 2009

Just a simple favor…

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Christmas time is about sentiment. It’s about emotion. It’s about tradition. I pulled out our Christmas decorations on Monday afternoon. They sat boxed up in the corner, waiting for me to open them, until Tuesday evening. I was dreading this event. I wasn’t really looking forward to pulling them out of their boxes and having […]

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December 4, 2009

Something of sentiment…

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“Give me neither proverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.”  {Proverbs 30:8b-9} It’s that time of year again. It’s the Christmas Season…Layaway […]

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December 3, 2009

A little bit of bread…

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It’s “Wifey Wednesday” over at “To Love, Honor, and Vaccum” and I am truly excited about today’s topic, because it’s something I feel like I can identify with. Today, Sheila is talking about how time consuming careers can be for our husbands and how mom’s sometimes feel as if they are raising their children on their […]

Family, Marriage

December 2, 2009

Wifey Wednesday: Learning to make the time…

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We have finally gotten our Christmas tree up! It was a long, drawn out process for us, because we were in quite the debate about which tree to purchase. We have 9 foot ceilings in our house and didn’t want to buy a teeny tiny little tree, and didn’t want to spend an arm and […]

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December 2, 2009

It’s FINALLY starting to look like Christmas…

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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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