From The Heart

September 24, 2014

NEEDING COURAGE TO BE COURAGEOUS.

A huge topic on my heart these past few months has been… courage. It’s easy in the social media world to get caught up in thinking everyone has their act together, everyone is so ballsy to put themselves out there, to compare our behind the scenes mess with everyone’s highlights reels, and to appear much more courageous than we really all are. [pullquote width=”300″ float=”left”]If there’s anything I’ve learned from the Bible, it’s that if David can conquer his giant with a small pebble, I can certainly conquer mine with a slingshot of prayer and red lipstick.[/pullquote] As my husband…

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February 26, 2014

GOODBYE NASHVILLE! HELLO AGAIN FLORIDA!

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Well….. we did it again… last time, we sold our house in 5 days… this time we sold our house in 4 days…. I’m starting to think I have a second career in staging homes to sell quickly. ha ha! But the big news is that we are moving back home to Florida! Stephen and I love Nashville and all it’s amazingness, but after a 6 month whirlwind, and a brutal brutal cold winter, we began to get really really homesick and realized we don’t like living so far away from our family and loved ones back home. We also…

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February 14, 2014

OUR NON-VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE.

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It was the kind of average morning in our marriage, almost three years after we danced at our wedding above. This average morning was not really worth blogging about, and there’s no picture of us in action to put on social media. Stephen and I had just eaten breakfast, then separated for our individual morning quiet time with Jesus. Him at the breakfast table, me on the couch in our living room writing in my prayer journal where I have my daily conversations with God. He finished his quiet time before me and headed upstairs to the office to begin…

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January 8, 2014

SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES.

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It was the coldest day of the year so far in Nashville, and suddenly I was craving my favorite Chilled Shrimp & Soba Noodle Spinach Salad from Panera. I bundled up putting on my fur vest over my leather jacket and threw on my warmest scarf (homemade by this sweet friend!) as Stephen and I headed out to go do errands on the icey roads. We finally arrived at Panera, and ran through the 9 degree weather from the car to the warmth inside the restaurant. I quickly scurried up to the counter and ordered my regular salad. “I’m sorry,…