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’ve started to notice that my biggest baby, really isn’t a baby anymore. He doesn’t look like a baby. He doesn’t talk like a baby. He doesn’t play like a baby. We’ve bypassed and moved beyond the terms of “toddler” and “preschooler.” Noah’s just a kid. A full-fledged little boy with barrels of energy and […]

Family, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Random Things

July 24, 2013

Big Kid Problems

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I have sucked it up with keeping things around here updated on Jonah’s month to month progression. Between our vacation and work and life in general, blogging just slips my mind. The only quiet time I have is late in the evenings and usually I’m too tired to sit down and fool with writing a […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

July 9, 2013

Jonah: 7-8 months

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Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July. Despite the rain and somewhat gloomy weather, we tried to spend the day out and about, enjoying slightly warmer temperatures and a very rare day off for my husband. The boys enjoyed the little bit of sunshine and I managed to snag a photo of […]

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July 5, 2013

Freedom

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What’s it been? Almost two months since I wrote a post? Time goes quick, doesn’t it? Whole lotta things happened in two months. Jonah turned 6 months old. Then 7 months a few days ago. We went on vacation to Alabama. Our first trip off of this island in 2.5 years. Noah finished his first […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

July 1, 2013

So…I’m still here…

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Baby boy turned 5 months old on April 28 (I know, I’m late posting this). He’s itching to get up and get moving. He tries to do all of the things that his brother does, but he just can’t yet. I look for him to start crawling SOON. He’s got sitting up completely mastered. He […]

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May 15, 2013

Five Months

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I love being a business owner. I love that I have the flexibility to create my own hours, work around my husband’s schedule, spend time with my kids during the day, and take on the kind of work that makes me happy. I can photograph what I want. I can work with the brands that […]

Family, Lifestyle, Work at Home Mom

May 1, 2013

Finding Validation

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I’ve never been a stick-thin model type person. I think the smallest I ever was was a size three. And that was waaaaay back in Junior High when I was finally able to fit my ridiculously short legs and oversized rear into a pair of jeans from the Junior’s Department. Even those didn’t last long. […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

April 18, 2013

The Skinny on Getting Skinny

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Jonah is going on five months and we are finally starting to hit a stride around here. While there are still several days where I end up collapsing in bed when the day is over, I feel like there are more days now where I sit back and can say, “This isn’t so bad. Maybe […]

Family, Motherhood, Random Things

April 15, 2013

Two Brothers

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To my Sweet Boys… Growing up, I always thought that I would be a girl mom. I was raised with girl cousins and a little sister. While there were boys in our family, we were never super close, so I knew next to nothing about the ins and outs of being around boys. Aside from […]

Family, Motherhood

April 2, 2013

It’s a Big World

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::Sigh:: I can’t believe I’m writing Jonah’s four month post already. Seems like just yesterday that this sweet little butterball came into our lives. I completely skipped out on his three month update, but in truth there wasn’t a whole lot to talk about. Other than showing you guys how cute he is and how […]

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March 28, 2013

Jonah is four (months)

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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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