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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{30 Days of Truth: Day #3-something you need to forgive yourself for…} I hang my head at the thought of some of the things in my past. As I type this, I find myself taking big deep gulps at the honesty I’m about to lay out there. The truth. The pain. The things I am […]

Lifestyle

November 5, 2010

Dear Me-let it go…

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{30 Days of Truth: Day #3-something you need to forgive yourself for…} I hang my head at the thought of some of the things in my past. As I type this, I find myself taking big deep gulps at the honesty I’m about to lay out there. The truth. The pain. The things I am […]

Lifestyle

November 5, 2010

Dear Me-let it go…

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It’s been a week since we received the news that we are moving to Kodiak. I’m going to be quite honest…it’s taking some time to settle in. We aren’t talking a move to somewhere relatively close by. We are talking a major life changing move. A move that so few others have the courage or […]

Lifestyle, Military Life

October 28, 2010

Headfirst

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If you are here for No Mom Talk Monday…WELCOME! Grab a button, some coffee and go sit in the corner {or on the couch or wherever you can find a quiet space…if anywhere} and get some YOU time! This is the time during the week where you leave the motherhood and the parenting behind for […]

Lifestyle

October 25, 2010

No Mom Talk Monday-Truth One

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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 […]

Family, Lifestyle, Marriage

October 21, 2010

It’s a Love Story…Part Two

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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 […]

Family, Lifestyle, Marriage

October 19, 2010

It’s a Love Story…Part One

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I will admit, I don’t blog hop around very often. {hangs head} I visit the readers who visit me and leave comments, a few close bloggy friends that I check every single day {sometimes more than once}, and a few “guilty pleasure” blogs that I check a few times a week. It isn’t that I […]

Lifestyle, Writing

October 15, 2010

30 Days of Truth

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  Happiness is…   I’ve played along with this only once before {you can find it here}and I really enjoyed it. I think we sometimes get to wallowed down in the day to day things that can make us utterly miserable and cranky. We forget the small things…the good things…and thrive on the bad. I’m […]

Lifestyle

October 13, 2010

Happiness is…

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I had a breakdown the other night on the phone with my husband. Friday night, I think it was. I just seemed to have completely and totally lost sight of everything that did matter and focused instead on a bunch of junk that doesn’t. The separation is taxing and exhausting. Especially on the days where […]

Lifestyle, Military Life, Random Things

September 29, 2010

The Post where I empty my brain…

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As promised, I decided to make list of 25 things I’m going to do/say/change about life to really embrace every moment before I’m 25. As I mentioned yesterday in my “What is Living Beautiful?” post, we aren’t promised tomorrow. We are certain that this moment won’t be our last. And me, being the slightly neurotic […]

Lifestyle

September 22, 2010

25 ways I’m going to embrace Life before I’m 25

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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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