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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 found this is the “Gulf Coast Community” Newspaper that they give away at church. I thought it was really cute and so true, so I thought I would share it with you all. Enjoy! A woman, renewing her drivers license at the County Clerks office, was asked by the woman recorder to state her […]

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September 8, 2009

Just a mom?

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Dear , Maybe this is partly our fault…seeing as how we try to be polite and include everyone, and don’t like anyone to feel left out. We have a son, just as you have your own children, and I am a stay-at-home mom…just like you are. We live off of one salary, too. So when we […]

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September 3, 2009

Letter of Frustration

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I’ve gotten some good responses to my posts about Bible Study & Prayer and some requests to keep the notes and ideas coming, so here are a few from my Bible Study class on Sunday, and some things I have found on my own over the past couple of days. [In case you are looking […]

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September 3, 2009

Some Notes on Prayer

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I don’t really have any one particular topic to write about today, but there are a few things on my mind. So, as in true tradition [and obsessive habit] I thought I would make you a nice little list of some things on my mind. I am so excited about the new Bible Studies I […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

September 2, 2009

Complete Randomness

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I was reading something the other day [that’s italicized because I don’t remember what I was reading or where I was reading it at…maybe in a magazine? Or online? Or in a book?] about how married woman (with an emphasis on stay-at-home mothers) are dependent on the husbands. This kind of frustrated me a little […]

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September 1, 2009

Depending vs. Dependent

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When my mom and sister came down to visit me this past week, they brought a box of all of my old stuff with them [mom is finally rid of me…now she wants to be rid of my stuff. LOL] I finally sat down and went through all of it this afternoon and found a […]

Random Things

August 30, 2009

Just some notes I found….

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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 […]

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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 […]

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August 24, 2009

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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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