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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Good morning, everyone! I hope you are all having a fantastic 4th of July Holiday! Today’s entry will be short and sweet. I’m completely swamped and up to my ears in things to get done. My blog design business is getting ready to launch and I’ve already got two paid orders waiting for me to […]

Random Things

July 4, 2011

Monday Morning Coffee-July 4th Edition

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If you’re new here, you might want to take a second to Subscribe to my RSS Feed, hop over to Twitter and give me a follow, or visit my Facebook page. However you choose to connect, I hope you’ll let me know that you stopped by! Thanks for visiting! About once or twice every few […]

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June 30, 2011

Sunny Days in Kodiak

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Courtney over at Click It Up a Notch is hosting her monthly photo contest, and today’s theme at Little Something’s, The Paper Mama, and the Picture Perfect Challenge is “Favorite Photo From June,” so I have to choose just ONE photo from ALL the shots I’ve taken this month and enter it. This, is no […]

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June 30, 2011

I Clicked it Up a Notch

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If this is your first visit, you may want to subscribe to my RSS Feed, head over to Twitter and check things out, or visit my Facebook Page. I love connecting with new readers and I look forward to hearing from you! It’s that time again! Time to link up with Amber @ Amber’s Articles, […]

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June 29, 2011

Wordless (full of photos)Wednesday

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If you’re new here, you might want to Subscribe to my RSS Feed, follow me via Twitter, or connect on Facebook. I love getting to know new readers and I’m so happy to have you. Just a few photos and edits for today’s challenges… {linking up with Touch Up Tuesday and Trendy Treehouse} {Linking this […]

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June 28, 2011

Tuesday’s Challenges

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If this is your first visit, you might want to subscribe to my RSS Feed, follow my on Twitter, or make a visit to my Facebook Page. I love connecting with new readers. Thanks for visiting! I’ve been a fan of I Should Be Folding Laundry for a while now. I found her through her […]

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June 27, 2011

Monday Morning Coffee

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If you have been reading my iPhoneography posts for the past few weeks, then you know that my son has become a poser. He has always done well in front of the camera, but these last few weeks? He’s a TOTAL poser. He loves to do things with his hands and smile and make funny […]

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June 23, 2011

My son is a Poser

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I heard from many, many, many people, that the “three’s” are 100 times worse than the two’s. And that certainly seems to be true for us right now. Little Man has officially reached his terrible three’s. Every day isn’t bad. In fact, I’d venture to say that most days are actually still pretty good. But […]

Family, Motherhood, Random Things

June 21, 2011

Phase “3”

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So, in case you haven’t noticed, Feature Friday, has now moved to Saturday (at least, sometimes). I noticed that there were a lot of great posts going up on Friday’s that were missing the bar for this section of my blog because I wasn’t getting to them before the post went up. So I bumped […]

Random Things, Uncategorized

June 18, 2011

Feature Saturday

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If this is your first time visiting, Welcome! You might want to take a second to Subscribe to my RSS Feed! Thanks for visiting! I’ve always considered myself to be an optimistic person. When things go pear shaped, I am usually the one who keeps my outlook on the good and sunny side. I don’t […]

Lifestyle, Random Things

June 15, 2011

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

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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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