This week I lost a loved one who has known and loved me my entire life. We also lost a family pet, Beatrice has been screaming all week long while we're supposed to be working (I'm often solo) and packing for Portugal (which now is both Alabama for the funeral and then Portugal), and to … Continue reading Still Small Voice
Hi there world, it's been a little while! This summer I'm diving back into my hobbies so I won't find myself burnt out again this January after what I know will be a very tiring holiday season. I've been playing the piano, learning to sew, reading books and playing Animal Crossing, all in hopes that … Continue reading Busy With My Own House
This morning I was deciding what I wanted to share with the world about all the adventures of last year and my hopes for the new year. So much happened last year... I got engaged and then married to the love of my life, and this was a year full of all of the events … Continue reading On healing and the New Year
I realized today how long it's been since I've written a post like this. I am most prone to attribute it to busyness, I am a very busy lil' lady these days, but I honestly think it's just because this is the first time since I can remember that I am truly happy. For the … Continue reading Lifter of my Head
So, as of a couple weeks ago, I am officially back in Nashville. I spent the past month or two preparing and packing and moving, as well as painting commissioned works like a madman and squeezing in time with loved ones between working at Honest and redecorating my mom’s home. And as excited as I … Continue reading imitating ruth
So, these past couple of months of my life were basically wrapped in darkness and engulfed in flames. LOL. I have had such hard conversations, not only between me and the people I love, but between me and the Lord. I have seriously struggled as I've reentered the world of singleness, as I've faced my … Continue reading deep joys amidst deep sorrows
So, I went to the lady doctor earlier this morning, an experience any woman would say is probably not her favorite. And this was my very first time to go, partially because the idea of someone poking around down there with cold metal tools sends me into a sobbing panic and also partially because I'm … Continue reading this i know
A couple Sundays ago marked eight months without my dad. These have been long months, filled even still with daily tears and moments of anguish as I navigate life as a twenty-something without one of the two most important people in my life. I miss my dad every single day, probably because so many things … Continue reading on grieving, even still
My life is currently residing in what I call the in-between. I'm living between what was and what is going to be. I'm living between the life I've known and loved in Nashville and the life I hope I love in Birmingham. I'm between houses, between jobs, between families (my Nashville family and my family … Continue reading rejoicing in the in-between
So, I am the only single girl out of literally all of my close friends. Every single one of them is dating or falling in love or already married and I’ve been single for what feels like forever now. So what does this mean? It means that all of my first priorities, AKA all of … Continue reading our portion forever
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