I've been keeping journals since I was in the 3rd grade and I'm so glad to share some of my most intimate life moments with you here! Here, you'll find inspirational and encouraging stories of me and other broken people like me. We are all jars of clay who have been afflicted in every way, but not crushed...struck down by not destroyed. Here, you do NOT have the right to remain silent, so as you read, grab your favorite snack and drink and leave a comment...share YOUR story. I can't wait to connect with you in this beautiful safe space.
I guess you can say I started to hear it last month. We were beginning a fast with our church and our pastor asked us: “What is something that you’re willing to give up? What is so important to you, that its absence will stretch you and pull you closer to God?” I didn’t really […]
I don’t know what triggered it, but over the weekend, I re-watched the Bible miniseries on Netflix. Episode seven highlights Matthew 14:22-33 when Jesus walks on water. In the story, the disciples are crossing the sea to meet Jesus on the other side. Before reaching the other side, they go through a storm. With disrespectful […]
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the news, but we’re having a baby!!! Keeping this secret since June was so hard, but we’re both happy to finally be able to shout it from the mountaintop! This baby came as such a surprise to us! See right before we found out we were pregnant with this […]
I can’t believe it’s May already! Geez…where has the time gone?!? With 2016 speeding by, I’ve been taking a lot of time to look back on the year so far and reflect…taking time to relive some of the great moments and even some of the bad moments. Don’t get me wrong, so far my year was […]
One of my ultimate goals as a portrait photographer is to own a studio. A physical location where clients can come, let their hair down, have a good time and leave with the most beautiful portraits of themselves they have ever seen. I may not have a store-front just yet, but I’m so excited to […]