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Open Mouth, Insert Foot {and other Burnt Offerings}

I like feet.  Little ones, to be exact. Especially when stocking covered or cowgirl boot clad, and in mid swing. That’s when I love feet. {and thus, I become said foot photographer} But my feet.  They’re a whole ‘nother story. You see, I have this adorable pair of ribbon-covered ballet flats that I acquired on […]

Daily Life, Keepin' it Real

Brigadeiro {yum yum}

I was thinking about one of my younger sisters. I’ve got three words for you… easy.  decadent.  gorgeous. What more could you possibly want in life?  I mean seriously. What was I saying?  Oh, yes.  I’ve been thinking about my sis…and the gorgeous little balls of chocolatey deliciousness she brought to our older sister’s baby […]

Food

Looking Ahead: The {not so} Nutshell Version

I interrupt your regularly scheduled post to bring you this scintillating collection of “what’s on the horizon” blips from my oh-so-exciting life: * I have discovered 2 interesting things about myself over the past 86 days. 1.  I function well under strict food “law”…           Some sugar = never works.  After all, “some” is relative.  […]

Daily Life, Faith, Family, Keepin' it Real

Make Love, Amidst War

Marriage is a divine conspiracy. God takes two outrageously different people – from gender, background & upbringing, strengths & weaknesses, to likes & dislikes, personality & temperament – and throws them together in a magnificently wild adventure; a “love story set in the midst of war”. “Our mutual brokenness plays off each other so perfectly […]

Faith, Love, Marriage

June Vacay Flashback #1

I just came across these photos I never got round to sharing {gasp}.  Enjoy!    We spent a night in Niagara Falls on our way out to Martha’s Vineyard (early June) and discovered a couple of things…   Cricket really likes to drink water out of wine glasses {go figure}… …while Bug enjoys climbing inside […]

Family, Travels

15 {Potentially Awkward} Things…

                              You probably don’t know about me.                     {and quite possibly, don’t want to} I think sweaty feet smell like buttered popcorn {which, needless to say, I don’t care for}, and belly-button “jam”, like parmesan cheese {which, disturbingly enough, I do enjoy}. I really want a tattoo.  I’m just far too chicken to go through […]

Complete nonsense, Keepin' it Real

{even more} Food for Thought

Happy Sunday!

Designs, Quotes and Scriptures

Identity Crisis: Averted

I didn’t realize how much of my identity and value was wrapped up in this little green booklet thingie.  I had no clue that my unspoken claim to fame was simply getting to be different from the majority of the crowd.  I don’t look different.  I’ve almost completely lost my accent. But I feel a […]

Keepin' it Real

Hearty ‘Tater Soup

As you may recall, we have an awful lot of spuds around here. Two studs. Lots of spuds. So it’s only natural that a soup lovin’ girl throws them in a pot and makes comfort food from a bunch of ‘em, right? I thought so. Besides, anything with bacon is comfort food.  Oh, and cream […]

Food

Paint Love

It astounds me how easily we become inward focused.  Comfortable.  Yet discontented. We forget, amidst the whirlwind of our daily commitments and selfish ambition, the needs of the hurting world around us.  Blind to the little lives fighting for life, hungry for love, all around us. The lovely {in}courage, a branch of Dayspring {a community […]

Faith

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The enemy may wound. But he doesn't get to write t The enemy may wound.
But he doesn't get to write the ending.

Morgan's story includes abuse, betrayal, fear, and years of healing.

Yet today she spends her life loving vulnerable children, opening her home to foster kids, and building a family rooted in grace.

What could have broken her became
the very place God planted compassion.
That's redemption.
Not erasing the wound.
Not pretending it didn't happen.

But allowing God to grow something beautiful from what was meant to destroy.

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Some stories are painful to tell. And some stories Some stories are painful to tell.
And some stories need to be told anyway.

This week on Oh, Good Grief, I'm joined by the lovely Morgan Brailley, a survivor, foster mama, adoptive mom, and living testimony to God's redemptive love.

Morgan shares her journey through abuse, trauma, healing, foster care, and the unexpected ways God can bring beauty from the deepest wounds.

This conversation is honest.
Tender. Hard.
And full of hope.

Because trauma may shape us,
but it does not get the final word.

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  A Story of Abuse, Survival, and Redemptive Love

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Grace and truth were never enemies in the life of Grace and truth
were never enemies in the life of Jesus.

He told the woman caught in adultery:
“Neither do I condemn you…
go and leave your life of sin.”

Mercy.
And honesty.
Together.

This week’s episode is about the rocks we carry—the anger, bitterness, judgment, and wounds we keep rehearsing long after the moment has passed.

Because sometimes the thing crushing our soul…
is the stone we refuse to put down.

🎧 026 | Dropping Your Rock is live now.
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Some wounds don’t leave us angry because they were Some wounds don’t leave us angry
because they were the worst thing that happened to us.
Sometimes they stay because they were the moment someone
stood close enough to see our pain… and still did nothing.

This week on the podcast, I’m talking about the rocks we carry—judgment, resentment, bitterness, offense—and the quiet ways they shape our souls over time.

This episode is deeply personal. Tender. Honest.

🎧 Episode 026 | Dropping Your Rock | Choosing Mercy Over Judgment is live now.

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“Healing isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt. It’s ref “Healing isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt.
It’s refusing to let the wound become your identity.”

This week on the podcast, Dr. Ansonya Burke and I talk about forgiveness, leadership, emotional healing, and the sacred process of becoming whole after hard seasons.

There’s so much wisdom in this one.
Especially for the people quietly carrying more than anyone knows.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 025 | The Power of Forgiveness

#OhGoodGriefPodcast
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Some stories don’t end the way we expected. Some r Some stories don’t end the way we expected.
Some relationships fracture.
Some seasons unravel us completely.

But grace still has a way of writing beautiful endings.

In this deeply honest conversation, my dear friend Dr. Ansonya Burke shares about healing, forgiveness, wholeness, and learning how to release what no longer belongs in your hands.

This episode is tender, wise, and full of the kind of truth that only comes from walking through fire and finding God faithful in it.

🎧 Episode 025 | The Power of Forgiveness is live now.

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