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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1 Year. Sometimes, that seems like ages. That’s how long it’s been since I started my blog. So much has changed in that time. When I started out, I was a newlywed bride & soon to be mommy who had no IDEA what life had in store for me. Now, I’m a wife…not a bride. […]

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August 27, 2009

1 Year Blogoversary

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Theta Mom is hosting Time Out Thursday’s on her blog. She is encouraging Mom’s to take atleast 1 hour per week to spend alone…by themselves…No Children. I was so excited to have gotten to join in this week. I spent last night with my mom and my sister…without Noah. Or my husband. Girls Night. It […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

August 27, 2009

Time Out Thursday

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Yes. I know it’s not exactly Tuesday yet, but my mom and sister are coming to visit tomorrow and I’ll be busy doing other stuff. And I wanted to make sure this got posted. After weeks and weeks, and weeks of saying I was going to CLEAN out from under my STAIRS, I finally. got. […]

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August 24, 2009

Tackle It Tuesday

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This weeks blog came as a pretty simple choice. It’s one that I just recently started following, but had stumbled upon time and time again through links from other blogs. Her layout is unbelievably cute and her philosophy on life and motherhood parallels mine in a lot of ways. She doesn’t pretend to a mom […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

August 24, 2009

Blog of the Week

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No real purpose to this blog…just a few odd thoughts to put out there. + I can’t BELIEVE it’s almost Christmas time! Seriously where has the year gone? I try to plan out Christmas gifts and stuff, so I really need to get started planning. Yeah, I know, it’s only almost September, but that leaves […]

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August 23, 2009

My thoughts-in list order…

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I originally shared this large hunk of my testimony in 2009. Here I am, updating it in 2019…ten years after I first shared it. There’s a lot of my story intermingled throughout my site, but this is the most up-to-date and detailed telling of my backstory. Thank you, as always, for being a part of […]

faith, Uncategorized

August 21, 2009

My Backstory

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I feel like I tend to talk about things that I don’t like, that I’m not good at, and things that frustrate me too often on this blog. I get frustrated over little things. I stress too much about money. I nag my husband. I’m a perfectionist about too many things. I am a Dr. […]

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August 20, 2009

Bringing up the Good

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For several days, the Lord has really been on my heart about my prayer life. [Notice, the prayer journal post from earlier today] He is really starting to drill into me the importance of maintaining a constant, open line of communication with him throughout each and every day. Becoming more of the Proverbs 31 woman […]

faith, Family, Marriage, Prayer

August 19, 2009

The Power of Prayer

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I am wanting to start a Prayer Journal, but I’m unsure of how to go about it. So, as is usual, I find myself turning to the internet for ideas and templates that I can make my own. I haven’t found very much, so I thought I would ask my fellow bloggy friends. Those of […]

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August 18, 2009

Prayer Journal

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So, I did bad, once again. I forgot my camera to take a photo of my meal. I’m really bad at that. I have a few pieces of chicken left in the fridge, so tonight when we get ready to eat I’ll try to remember to take a photo and come add it to this […]

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August 18, 2009

Alfredo & Cheese Chicken

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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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