From The Heart

Recently, we had one of our favorite husband and wife friends come stay with us.  After dinner, my friend went outside to talk on the phone, and came back inside in tears.  My immediate reaction was that she must have heard bad news.  But instead, her response was that it was just hitting her hard all of a sudden how overwhelmed she was at the moment with all of life’s changes swirling around her.  My heart sank for her and I gave her a big hug and did my best to remind her that sometimes God needs to shatter things…

My gorgeous mom and I around the time of my 1st birthday.  You see where I get my smile from. On Instagram, the picture above would be considered a #ThrowbackThursday.  But this Thursday is different.  Today is my mom’s 60th birthday.  And in honor of her birthday, I wanted to leave you with the greatest lesson below she has learned in her 60 years that she shares with everyone who crosses her path.  It’s such a simple statement, yet carries so much truth.  And courage.  And forgiveness. It’s the greatest lesson of all, and the greatest thing anyone could leave…

To me, she’s Grandma.  To most others, she’s “Lady Mary”.  Recently my mom sent me a photo she took of her mom, and all I could think when I saw it was, “I see big sunglasses and fur are a legacy I carry on well in this family.”  Looking at this picture, it’s all the reasons I love my Grandma.  Then I got to thinking about the true legacy she has left in my life, mostly being that I love carrying on her old fashioned ways.  Here’s a few things I carry dear to my heart that I learned from…

Last week, Stephen and I flew to St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands to shoot a destination wedding.  Before leaving for the trip, we had project after project after project to complete for our design business, REmix Design & Media.  We had many 5am nights just trying to keep up with it all.  We were neglecting friendships.  We were eating for convenience,  not healthy fuel.  We weren’t setting aside time for quiet time with the Lord.  We were literally like robots going from bed to desk, a few kitchen breaks to grab the closest food, back to desk, then to…