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Rethinking Worry: What if it's a Spiritual Gift?
I'm not one to worry or overthink things. Can I be honest? Is it safe to share raw truth? I can be kind of critical of people who are. If you are in my days and minutes, and you are a worrier, you probably aren't shocked at this confession. I've rolled my eyes at you, and I've made jokes. They aren't mean; they are trying to be funny, but also... I don't have a lot of patience with worry. A couple of years ago, we adopted the world's perfect dog. He is so sweet and gentle. His one problem is...
Out With the Old, In With the New
This weekend, the plan was to rearrange our bedroom. Friday, I accidentally went to Home Depot, bought some paint, and repainted the kitchen--surprising Brad when he came home from work. Like..surprise! you married an idiot! For the next several days, our house was a complete disaster. No room--honestly not many spaces were unaffected. He married a creative, he knew what he was getting-ish. I literally didn't have a plan. I just had a whim, and went for it. As we lived around my great ideas for several days, we hashed out different ways we could shake things up and...
Jesus Hangs Out in the Weirdest Places...
If you've been keeping up with my journal (aka blog) lately...you've hopefully seen my travel adventures which have been both amazing and tragic. My birthday camping trip--turned soggy rain-fest found us scrambling for things we could do inside. We originally went to Ellijay, GA for an apple picking festival. When the rain came in like a wrecking ball, basically every single plan we had was under water (including our tent...) We grabbed a deck of cards and a game of pick-up-sticks--{remember that game?? It was on clearance, and it's pretty fun actually} and headed off to a highly recommended winery. ...