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Easter: When You Feel Broken Behind Your Smiles
...for as many people as might be shocked by my ugly honesty, I'm guessing there might be just as many people who needed to hear that they aren't alone in brokenness and heartbreak…
- Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Hopeless no longer
And now this hangs above the very spot where I prayed a prayer out of complete hopelessness.
- Five Minute Fridays, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Whitespace: one word for 2014
this #whitespace is a mighty work because I’m moving a mountain
this choosing of whitespace, it's a mighty work. I'm moving a mountain of stress, anxiety, fear, one shovel of scary crap and deep breath at a time.
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What this OEF Veteran’s family wishes you knew
What this OEF Veteran's family wishes you knew about life and recovery after war
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He’s gonna have all of me {an anniversary post}
I've realized that you never really stop being scared of marriage because you have to trust God to hold it together when life keeps throwing crap at you and you are just holding…
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Complex family dynamic: why we need #whitespace
This is why our entire family needs whitespace. We need space and time for rest and healing. We need to slow down and catch up with everything life has thrown our way.
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they all gave something
My husband bares no physical scars from war. But the scars on his mind and our hearts and our little family remain.
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When “choosing joy” becomes selfishness
This Christmas season started off rough…Thanksgiving was simple but stressful, leaving me wonder how I was going to make it through the holiday season. I found myself decorating my Christmas tree in tears,…
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Choosing joy when the Christmas spirit is broken
What can be done when the "Christmas Spirit" is broken? When even the simplest of holiday gatherings brings such stress that my husband cannot function as he should? How do I hold this…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.25.12
I’ve decided to make “Beauty in the Mess” (previously posted as “Beauty in the Chaos”) an every-couple-weeks-ly blog segment. I’ve renamed it…simply because I keep referring to the term “mess” in relation to “beauty” in…
