My Journey To Motherhood

The dreaded question. It was a normal day, our lawn guy rang the doorbell to ask me something about the yard, then he asks me the dreaded question. “So where are the kiddos?  You guys have been married for a while now, so when are the kids coming?” On a hormonal day, this might have brought me to tears.  If. He. Only.  Knew… the hardship it has been trying to expand our family.  But this day, God did something to guard my heart and I smiled and simply said, “We’re working on it.” Shutting the door, slightly annoyed, I knew…

“Lord, listen to my words.  Understand my sadness.  Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, because I pray to you. Lord, every morning you hear my voice. Every morning, I tell you what I need, and I wait for your answer.” -Psalm 5:1-3 Right now in Florida it has still been pushing a sweltering 90 degrees and I long for the days I feel a slight crisp in the air to catch up to that scarf/boot wearing season I see all the fashion bloggers rocking on my Instagram feed. And in life, I feel the same…

Below is a video of the time 5 years I ran a marathon. Let me repeat that… I, Scarlett Lillian, ran a marathon. Those are words I never ever ever thought I would hear, but yet, I did it.  I actually did it.  I’ve barely run since that day 5 years ago, but I can say it’s something I marked off my bucket list. Back when I ran the marathon, I did it in memory of my dad who passed exactly one year to the day before the race.  I also did it honor of my mom and Grandma who…