Beauty in the Mess
In the fall of 2012 when I transferred my blog to Wordpress.com, I felt like God was defining my niche and my tagline. My life is messy, and the longer I live, the more I realize how difficult and messy life can be. But I have also realized what wonderful opportunity exists for God to make beauty out of that mess, as He promises to in Ecclesiastes 3:11 - He hath made everything beautiful in his time. This is a blog series where I count God's blessing in my life and the gifts He has given me.
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This is how we survived the summer
At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a blog post about Summer Survival. In that post, I talked about the pull of the romanticized notion of letting kids be bored during the…
- Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Little Brother, Marriage, Miscellaneous, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Morning Messes and Beautiful Life
“The boys are both still asleep! You wanna get up and have morning coffee with me?” My sleepy brain tries to wrap itself around the paradoxical words as I roll over in bed…
- Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Independence Day, Little Brother, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Redemption Stories, Special Needs Parenting, Travel
What America Means to this Veteran’s Family
As I write this, I am in the backseat of our minivan on the way home from our family’s 4th of July Summer vacation. For now, everyone is behaving. My heart is full,…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.12.15
*Quick note to my readers: This is the last Beauty in the Mess post that will be published publicly. From here on out, all Beauty in the Mess posts will be password protected.…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.25.15
I saw my counsellor yesterday, and she kept telling me how far I’ve come in the last year. She encouraged me to keep counting my blessings and thinking on the things that are…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 05.10.15 {and a very long general life update}
The last six weeks have been full…in the best of ways. I was very scared when Ezra graduated from inpatient therapy that the transition for our family would be overwhelming. But it hasn’t…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 04.08.15
It’s 76 degrees, I’m sitting on my sunporch, and regardless of the fact that I’ve been awake since 4:50AM, I think that right now is the perfect time to be counting my blessings…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 02.25.15
I’m beginning to love February about as much as I love January…which isn’t all that much. In the last week and a half, we have had one holiday, three snow days, and three…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 12.20.14
It’s been a truly blessed couple of weeks. We found out just before Thanksgiving that Russ had been offered a job as a government employee. His new job would start December 15th, which…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 11.10.14
It's been quite some time since the last edition, and there is so much beauty to share.
