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Grateful Hands

When God Doesn’t Give You What You Desperately Want

Three and half years ago I stood at the altar of a beautiful church with a handsome groom across from me beaming from ear to ear. I was getting married (read more on that here) and everything in my life seemed absolutely perfect. I had a loving, wonderful, supportive family and was marrying into an […]

Girl with arm gripping tree

It Takes a Tough Girl to Say These Words

I remember three very distinct times in my life that I had to be a tough girl. Once at age seventeen, twenty, and twenty-four. When I was seventeen I’d been offered multiple full basketball scholarships to division one universities. Basketball was my passion and I loved playing. When I wasn’t playing basketball I was either […]

Sad Girl

Is it Wrong to Be Angry at God?

I held her little furry body in one hand as she licked my face. This tiny puppy had me at “ruh-roh.” She was so small and yet so full of life. I looked at my husband, Zack, and he knew I was sold. “I guess this means we’re taking the puppy.” He said to the […]

Guy looking away

Why I’m Not Looking for JUST a Husband

I am going to do something that I’ve never done in a blog post before. I’m going to open up my journal and share some completely personal things that I wrote down this past week. Here’s the deal, last week I was sitting on my bed praying for different members in my family, for the […]

girl in field

This is Better than Black Friday Deals

I am one of “those” people. The crazy type who goes Black Friday shopping and hunts for awesome deals late into the night. Yep, that was me last night. My husband showed true love by escorting me to all of the many stores I “needed” to go to. And to top it off, we just […]

Girl Throwing Leaves

Are You a Whiner or a Worshiper? {Free Book Giveaway}

I quietly walked up the stairs and peeked inside my friend’s bedroom. The lights were dimmed and she was asleep. I tip-toed over to her bed and whispered, “surprise” as I held up her favorite Starbucks drink in my hand. She smiled up at me and then slowly sat up. From the outside, she looked […]

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