I left The Influence Conference feeling broken wide open, raw, exhausted and so, so healed, inspired, and FREE. I’m still processing–which is what I’ve heard from many other girls, too–and probably will be for quite awhile. Y’all, it was A LOT. A lot of people, a lot of bam-in-your-face truth, a lot of wisdom, a […]
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Pasta is my very favorite thing. Pesto is another one of my very favorite things, and I sometimes make pesto from the leaves of my sad little basil plant (how do you people make basil thrive and get all leafy and full and whatnot?!). Thanks to a 2 for 1 sale at Sprouts, I found […]
Continue reading...Today, in honor of what would have been my best friend, Larissa’s, 32nd birthday, I am sharing a post on grief that I posted on our adoption blog back in April. It’s kind of long, and a few things are primarily adoption related, but I think talking about grief openly and learning to grieve well […]
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Over the past month I’d seen a few mug swap photos on Instagram, and I was super curious. Last week, I joined in on a mug swap that one of my Influence Network friends set up (check out #happylittlemugswap); think Secret Santa, but with strangers who live far away. Here are the things I sent […]
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Whenever God is calling me to something new, there is a scary, stepping out on a limb element involved; I’ve learned that being obedient to the Lord’s plan always requires bravery. I’ve known since January 1st that 2013 would be a year of big changes, of new things in my life, a year of new beginnings. […]
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“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so we can do the good things He planned for us along ago.” Ephesians 2:10 is one of my very favorite scriptures, and it is so freeing. The second part of Ephesians 2:10 is something a lot of Christians miss, or simply don’t get. The Lord […]
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A few weeks ago, our good friend Michael, who heads up the band All Delighted People (ADP), e-mailed Jon and me out of the blue about a concert ADP was planning at a bar in Deep Ellum. He said: “You guys have always shown us great support, so we would like to donate whatever we make off of […]
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“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) Everyday this week while driving to work and back, I’ve been listening to a Joyce Meyer teaching on dreams and pursuing the projects both huge and tiny that God has called you to. The teaching is so jam-packed full of wisdom that I plan […]
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“I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day…little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.” As we prepare to build our family, which will be all colors–black, white, and shades in […]
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I love glasses. I wanted glasses long before I needed them, and finding out 5 years ago that I actually needed them was super exciting. Contacts dry my eyes out miserably; I wear glasses everyday, and I want some new ones so I can switch them out occasionally. I’ve been hearing more and more about […]
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