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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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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It’s been way too long. Since I’ve written a decent and worthy blog post, that is. I was doing pretty good about keeping those of you who are interested informed on the happenings in our lives. Then hubby came home and I pushed this little blog to the side. Because family time was definitely more […]

Family, Marriage, Military Life

July 13, 2010

In a nutshell…

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Life is all about experience. Over the years I have attempted to understand things without having first experienced them. I tried to empathize with people in certain circumstances when in actuality I had no clue what they were dealing with. I tried to convince myself as a teenager that I was “in love” though I […]

Family, Marriage

May 25, 2010

Experience-Faith=Nothing

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I feel like this whole being away from my husband is starting to cause more harm than good. I understand that whole “absence makes the heart grow fonder” shenanigan and I truly believe that. To an extent. I think right now my hubby and I are both so stressed out and aggravated that we are […]

Family, Marriage, Military Life

May 22, 2010

Realizations

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There is a new style of photography that is making its rounds in the industry. It’s causing some controversy and in some places, an uproar. It’s called boudoir photography. It originally started gaining popularity among the “bride-to-be” crowds and has since expanded to a much wider audience. What it is it, exactly? For all intense […]

Family, Marriage

April 28, 2010

And now for something controversial (and sexy)

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I’m back to the blogging world. I’ve been MIA for a little while, but hopefully I am going to be able to get back on some kind of schedule. Some kind of normalcy is much needed. The past week or so things have been way busier and way more frustrating and emotional than I ever […]

Family, Marriage, Military Life

April 19, 2010

The Best & Worst Day of my Life

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I ran across Alecia at Savings & Stewardship via the “Friday Follow” back at the beginning of January. I stumbled across her blog at the peak of my frustration with coupon clipping and attempting to save money. I have to say that her blog was somewhat of a God-send because I have learned so much and […]

Family, Marriage

April 12, 2010

Writing Your Spouse a Love Letter

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My lovely, lovely friend Mandi is our Guest today.  Mandy and I found one another long, long time ago when we were both little knowns in the Blog World and have since grown together into larger, more widely read sites. A resident of Alabama [and an Auburn fan. YUCK! 🙂 ], Mandi is a former […]

Family, Marriage

April 5, 2010

Let’s Talk S-E-X (PG-13 Post)

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Find the balance between being a wife and a mother is hard. It’s a headache. It’s an adventure. It’s a never ending choice that has to be made: “What is going to be the most important thing to me today?” And I feel like more often than not, our poor husbands lose out on that […]

Family, Marriage

March 2, 2010

Mother-Wife or Lover-Wife?

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In Honor of Valentines Day, I am going to do something I don’t normally do…well, atleast something I don’t do enough of. I’m going to step away from the crafting, photo’s, and generally miscellaneous posts that I usually do and I’m going to devote this entire post to my wonderful husband. {Cue simultaneous gagging “awww”} In […]

Family, Marriage

February 10, 2010

I’m going to brag…

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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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