#34. Freedom
I don’t know where my time goes. I do my best to be intentional with it, but ultimately end up feeling like I’m struggling to…
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Continue reading →“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” -Anaïs Nin There have been more than one occasions recently when I was…
Continue reading →Sitting down at my desk, putting on my oxygen mask again. You know, the one from the plane that you have to put on before…
Continue reading →Isn’t it “funny” how we can learn something, be determined to know it, vow to use it, and then turn right around and throw it…
Continue reading →I recently finished a book by Kristen Hannah one of my favorite authors, that resonated with me for many reasons, it was super relatable to…
Continue reading →When I walked into the barn this morning everyone was acting up. Fatty the pig was in the goat pen, Johnny Cash, my male goat,…
Continue reading →Have you ever heard the saying that when we make plans, God laughs? That has never sat well with me, it comes off as He’s…
Continue reading →This “new me” I’m working on sure is a flake! I woke up this morning feeling indifferent, which isn’t far off from my usual mood…
Continue reading →A few months ago, my Bible study group completed The Power to Change by Craig Groeschel and I can honestly say that it impacted the…
Continue reading →Last week had a theme in my life, power in our words. I said that to Ray one day during a porch sittin’ chat while…
Continue reading →*Disclaimer* explicit content that could be triggering Man, just that word feels daunting to me. there have been plenty of times in my life that…
Continue reading →As the days are already flying by this year, I find myself becoming more and more excited of what’s to come. Mostly. The “resolutions”, I…
Continue reading →I just opened my laptop for the first time since September and my heart stopped in its tracks. Staring me in the face was the…
Continue reading →There are a lot of things I’m sorry for, so many in fact, that I can’t begin to list them all. I’ve already noted the…
Continue reading →I came, I saw, I went. I did it. The thing I thought would possibly kill me has come and gone. I raised five kids….
Continue reading →So recap…. Now it’s me, Ray, Austin, and our two daughters Faye and Erin, but we didn’t start seeing Erin on a regular basis until…
Continue reading →I get on my Craftsman zero turn and can lose myself after just a couple of passes. There’s just something about the fresh air, mingling…
Continue reading →In my last post, I talked a little bit about how Austin and I were living authentically, in the short time it was just he…
Continue reading →Not gonna lie, I took that freedom and RAN! As I’ve stated numerous times previously, I made my fair share of mistakes in the past….
Continue reading →I felt like I was starting all over again while trying to process and proceed through this “new” shame that came with the paternity results….
Continue reading →While growing up, anytime anyone asked what I wanted to be, I’d say a mom. Not a doctor (although there was a vet phase I…
Continue reading →Another three years went by…. During that time we moved several more times with Lee, and without. Austin started school, and we both continued to…
Continue reading →I was so busy trying to make ends meet, raising my baby boy & still trying to figure out who I was. I was living…
Continue reading →I’ve been obsessively watching Netflix for the last few weeks. Things have been difficult and crazy, and it’s been an easy escape from all of…
Continue reading →It became obvious, a few months into Austin’s life, that something had shifted between not only Michael and me but with his family as well….
Continue reading →Something had changed inside me when Austin was born. Something BIG, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it at the time. It’s obvious…
Continue reading →The night before Austin was born was straight out of a soap opera, as was much of my pregnancy. Ironically I was the last of…
Continue reading →Trying to rehash your past while dealing with death, health troubles, three teens at home & everyday life in general has been more than I…
Continue reading →As I try to claw my way out of this depression I’ve fallen into, I’m determined to pick up where I left off…. We quickly…
Continue reading →We were outside strolling around the property the other day and I noticed what appeared to be corn sprouting up out by the creek. Surely…
Continue reading →On my way to yet another doctor’s appointment this morning and that stupid song came on. Eye of the Tiger…. Any other time I’d be…
Continue reading →After my mom & stepdad got together we moved to a little town called Yukon, Oklahoma. I started sixth grade there. Our school was literally…
Continue reading →It’s a proven fact that way more than our eye/hair color, skin type, etc. is determined by our DNA. Other things like a certain face…
Continue reading →As I plunk down on the bed with my PB&J in one hand & remote in the other, the thought crosses my mind… was this…
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