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Experiment Update || 04 ||
Summer is trucking right along. It’s already the second week of June and I know August and back-to-school will be here before we know it. Our summer has been very full so far. Immediately following our Hawaii trip, we all went to Williamsburg with Ryan’s folks. We returned home and the very next day, Thomas Continue reading
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Experiment Update || 03 ||
As the school year ended I began to think about what I hoped our summer would look like. I also began to reflect in general; ever wondering if what I say I want my life to look like is actually what it is. Essentially, I asked myself, “Do my actions and time reflect what’s most Continue reading
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Hawaii
We are all five finally back under one roof after almost two weeks of being here, there, and yonder. I wanted to write a post here of our Hawaii trip to document one heck-of-an-adventure. One of the greatest perks of military life (in my opinion) is the opportunities that come along to travel. Just six Continue reading
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Celebrating Five Years of W.A.C.K.
We ended our school year several days ago, but due to life’s busyness we just got around to having our celebratory party Friday night. I kept is fairly simple as we tied a bow on another school year. I do these little parties for the kids, but also for myself, and for Ryan. They are Continue reading
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Experiment Update || 02 ||
As the school year ended I began to think about what I hoped our summer would look like. I also began to reflect in general; ever wondering if what I say I want my life to look like is actually what it is. Essentially, I asked myself, “Do my actions and time reflect what’s most Continue reading
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Travel Wardrobe Capsule
One of the ways that I am “experimenting” this summer is to reframe my shopping urges. When thinking about how my life reflects my values this is one area where I struggle. I say I want simplicity in all areas of my life, and yet I routinely complicate things when I over consume, mindlessly shop, and Continue reading
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Experiment Update || 01 ||
Well, I am officially one week into my little experiment of examining my values and making sure that my time reflects what I am aiming to pursue. So far I have felt a huge sense of freedom. I have had to address my disappearance from Facebook to a few close friends and family members but Continue reading
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Does My Life Reflect My Values?
This is a question that has been floating around in my mind for several weeks now. In fact, it is a question I often consider as seasons change and when I find myself feeling stuck, discontent, or sliding into a funk. As my school year draws to a close and the pace of life is Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Church
This past Sunday, two soldiers from our chapel congregation were baptized. As a pastor’s wife, I’ve had a front row seat to many baptisms over the years. There has never, ever, been one single baptism where I’ve kept my composure or dry eyes. Seeing someone make the decision to outwardly express his/her decision to follow Continue reading
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Signing Day
Exactly five years ago, Ryan took an oath and joined the United States Army. Around that same time that Ryan was signing away his life for God and country, I felt God nudging me to sign mine over to become my kids’ primary teacher. He was asking me to set aside my prejudices about homeschooling, Continue reading
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