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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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

*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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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….

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….

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…

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…

I was so busy trying to make ends meet, raising my baby boy & still trying to figure out who I was. I was living…

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…

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….

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…

Trying to rehash your past while dealing with death, health troubles, three teens at home & everyday life in general has been more than I…

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…

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…

After my mom & stepdad got together we moved to a little town called Yukon, Oklahoma. I started sixth grade there. Our school was literally…

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…