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A Perfect Storm
This week, my husband and I packed up our two wild boys (one human, one pup) and headed up to a small mountain town in North Alabama. He had to go for work so we decided to make a fun little road trip out of it. Because riding in a car with a three year old and a puppy is FUN, right? Well, when we planned this trip we had no idea we would be dodging a Hurricane at home, but it just happened to work out that way. And it had me thinking, you can’t really run away from the storms at home, because the aftermath will still be…
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I’M CALLING YOU OUT!
Well, I promised myself I was going to give y’all somethin’ real funny and sweet to read after such a serious post last week, but I guess my inner preacher had different plans! The thing is, I read something in my Bible this week that I have read probably a hundred times in the last 32 years, but this time caught me totally off guard when it left me feeling like I was standing in a crowded room buck naked, with nowhere to run and hide. Exposed. I mean, God straight up CALLED ME OUT and it wasn’t pretty, people. So being the team player that I am, I figured…
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Mommy Dearest
Wow this was a tough one! This is something that was not only hard for me to write but will probably be hard for you to read, whether you’re a stepmom, mom, stepchild or just a curious reader. But sometimes we have to talk about the hard stuff and that usually involves getting outside of our comfort zone. And just to warn you-this post isn’t funny or lighthearted and a maybe a little preachy, but I am just going to jump right in here! I want to talk about something that every stepparent feels the underlying tension of but maybe hasn’t consciously confronted yet and that is, the part they…
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I love You Anyway
I’m going to be straight up with you here. I never really understood just how big of a rotten sinner I was until I married my husband and inherited his 4.2 million pounds of baggage. See, “love” had always come easy to me. I have always loved people. I was friends with everybody. I didn’t have any enemies! Not that I know of anyway. And kids. Man, kids loved me. Not trying to brag here but I had always been THE favorite babysitter in my younger years. Kids fed, in bed. House cleaner than they left it…ok I digress. So, why would any of that change just because I got…
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The God of All Comfort
As I sit here writing my first post, I’m finding it very hard to not laugh at myself because I am seriously the last girl on planet earth to start a blog or spend time updating social media. Not only am I really protective of my privacy, but I also kinda can’t help but wonder why anyone would really care what I do or have to say. And I gotta be honest and tell ya I just really don’t like the spotlight. Like, at all. If you don’t believe me then check out the photos of my wedding ceremony, which consisted of only seventeen people that were immediate family, because…
