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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*I am giving my testimony/giving a lesson on Individuality at our church’s Youth Girls Slumber Party…I am extremely nervous. I can’t figure out why. I mean, I am giving MY testimony on things that happened to ME, so it’s not like I have to come up with something. I think it’s because this is really […]

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September 18, 2009

My mind right now…

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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 […]

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September 2, 2009

Complete Randomness

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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 […]

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August 30, 2009

Just some notes I found….

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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

Blog of the Week

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No real purpose to this blog…just a few odd thoughts to put out there. + I can’t BELIEVE it’s almost Christmas time! Seriously where has the year gone? I try to plan out Christmas gifts and stuff, so I really need to get started planning. Yeah, I know, it’s only almost September, but that leaves […]

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August 23, 2009

My thoughts-in list order…

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I originally shared this large hunk of my testimony in 2009. Here I am, updating it in 2019…ten years after I first shared it. There’s a lot of my story intermingled throughout my site, but this is the most up-to-date and detailed telling of my backstory. Thank you, as always, for being a part of […]

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August 21, 2009

My Backstory

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This was something that had been on my agenda for a while. But, papers kept getting added and laid all over the house and I was hesitant to even begin this project. I finally got fed up. Enough was enough. The husband was looking for something he needed to take to work the other day […]

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August 18, 2009

File Organization

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I am always looking for a bargain. Especially on things that Iwant can put to good use. I ran across 2 fabulous finds this weekend. This was my favorite find! I love the Dollar General (and the Dollar Tree) way more than the average person. I have been trying to find something more than just […]

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August 17, 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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