May 26, 2014 After hearing our pastor teach a sermon on dependent prayer, I was encouraged to give my desire for a relationship with Derek to the Lord in prayer. The pastor had encouraged our church body to pray for some crazy things and I decided I would do just that. Here is a portion of…
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Happy Birthday My Love
Lovey, today you are 28 I mean 24 (again). I’m so excited and thankful that I get to spend this birthday with you. I am so encouraged by the man of God that you are. The way your heart is soft toward Christ and the way you so tenderly lead me is simply astonishing. I know…
Money Making Mom Book Review
This post contains affiliate links I have found Crystal Paine’s Money Making Mom to be such a helpful book. It all started with a car accident back in November. It was my first major car accident and I was pregnant while it happened and I don’t really like talking about it. What I am thankful…
It’s A Love Story // Part 3
May 2, 2014 On this night at The Gathering, the college students were teaming up to play Just Dance on the projector screen. I, who tend to be a “behind the scenes” kind of person, was annoyed when some of the guys began teasing me and telling me that they had signed me up…
It’s A Love Story // Part 2
February 5, 2014 The school I worked for was celebrating Spirit Week and the theme for this day was country western. I showed up to serve at youth group that night dressed in a flannel shirt, boots, and jeans. While I was talking with my group of sophomore girls after the message, Derek came up to…
It’s A Love Story // Part 1
Intro Wow! I can’t believe it’s been almost 3 years since my husband Derek and I started getting to know each other. If you know us, you know life has been a wild ride consisting of marriage, moving, and now parenthood. Between The Worst Honeymoon of All Time, my first car accident, and getting stranded in…
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 9
Okay, so for a while, my husband and I were not drinking Starbucks because this list came out naming the companies that donate to Planned Parenthood and Starbucks happened to be one of them. Also, with the drinks ranging from at $3-$5 each, we decided that it would be best to deny ourselves since…
9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage Book Review
This post contains affiliate links There are so many marriage books available to Christians that discerning which ones will be the most helpful has become quite challenging. I recently had the opportunity to read 9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage by Sheila Wray Gregoire. In 9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage, she takes…
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 8
This was one of the unnecessary items that I cut from our budget when D and I were first married. No, we didn’t stick with tap (although I’m usually fine with that). I decided to buy this reusable mug for D and we used wedding gift cards to purchase this filter for our sink….
Stuff We Don’t Buy // Part 7
This one is a little more painful to write about than the others. Not that I’m totally bummed about it (because I’m not) but it has been especially challenging for me because I have a sweet tooth. If I weren’t convicted about the need to care for my body and my baby, I…