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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To the idea of doing photography professionally. I love taking pictures more than anything. I love being a part of peoples lives…especially the ones that they want to remember the most. The weddings and the newborn shots and the maternity pictures. But I think I’m going to give it all up. It’s been on my […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

August 24, 2010

Thinking of saying goodbye…

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I read a post over that Brandi wrote over at Stepping On Cheerios that really made me stop and think. To be honest with you, this is a post that I have had in the back of my mind to write for a long, long time, but never sit down and take the time to […]

Lifestyle

August 18, 2010

Dear Me

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It feels like it has been forever and a day since my last real post here. I apologize, but to be honest there just hasn’t been all that much to blog about. Little Man and I are doing our same ole routine. We have such a good time together. I’m working on teaching him his […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

August 6, 2010

Time to start over…

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I’m irritated and upset tonight. I had a meeting planned all week long with a potential client to talk about pricing and details for a Senior Portrait shoot. My mother in law told me all week that she would watch Noah for an hour or so while I went. Then at 1:30 this afternoon she […]

Lifestyle

July 31, 2010

Down

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For those of you who don’t know, I celebrated my 23 birthday this past Saturday. Go ahead and collect yourselves, because I know some of you are thinking, ‘You are only 23?’ I get that all the time. LOL Truth be know, I have an old soul and have always been told that I was […]

Family, Lifestyle, Marriage

July 21, 2010

20-Something…

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For those of you who don’t know, I celebrated my 23 birthday this past Saturday. Go ahead and collect yourselves, because I know some of you are thinking, ‘You are only 23?’ I get that all the time. LOL Truth be know, I have an old soul and have always been told that I was […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

July 19, 2010

20-Something…

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  1. If a person has a booger in their nose. and you can see it, do you tell them? It depends on how well I know them. Someone I am pretty acquainted with, sure. But a total and complete stranger? I doubt it. People find things like that strangely offensive. 2. What are you […]

Lifestyle

June 7, 2010

Getting to know YOU!

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  I was feeling the need to write this evening after having spent the entire day packing and packing and, well, packing. I need a little bit of a break from all of the junk piled up in the corners of my house waiting to be put into storage. I’ve seen this fun little meme […]

Lifestyle

March 28, 2010

Get To Know Me Sunday & Random :)

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I talked yesterday about dreaming and setting goals for yourself. I brought up the idea that some people seem to think that we should dream and set goals within our “means.” And I do not agree. At all. Not even in the very slightest. Today I thought I would share with you some of the […]

Lifestyle

March 24, 2010

The Biggest of Dreams & Ambitions

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I went upstairs and layed in the bed with the hubby for about 30 minutes or so before I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to go to sleep. The giveaway? When I noticed that I was laying on my back {which I only do when I can’t sleep} staring up at the […]

Lifestyle

March 1, 2010

I once knew this girl…

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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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