Oh, wow. I just need to sit here for a minute and breathe. And blog. And smile. Life is good right now, friends. I don’t expect to stay on this little cloud for super long (I’m more of a roller coaster girl–emotions-wise anyway, not in real life), but I will ENJOY IT WHILE I’M ON IT, DARN IT. Lots going on. Lots happening. Lots of good stuff. Lots of prayers being answered. So, while sometimes …

Well, shoot. I always run out of time to end the year right. With a pensive, reflective, thankful, looking-ahead-with-promise BANG. I got nothin’. There’s no way in heck I can wrap my mind around this year and all that happened. And no way I can try to predict what’s in store for 2013. I do know one thing. 2012 knocked us down, but WE IS GETTIN’ BACK UP. I’ve been crying out to God lately. …

I try not to give y’all a headache when you read my blog. If I just took everything that’s in my brain and heart right now and splattered it on this page, your poor little head would start to pound with the madness of it all. So I just stay quiet. But 2012 is quickly coming to an end, and I feel the need to say something. I just don’t know what. Do I talk …

Oh my. Where do I even start? These past few days have just been jam-jam-packed with a billion blessings (and very little sleep). I have so many (and I’m trying to eliminate Christianese from my vocabulary, but not sure what else to say here) GOD-stories to share. Wowza. My friend Carey and her daughter hung out with us from Thursday night (well, 1:00a.m.) until just a little bit ago when they headed back to Tennessee. …

Thanks for my birthday, friends. You really, really made it special. THANK YOU. If you missed it (which is totally fine, because I’m always missing birthdays–even when I love people!!), here are the 37 Things I Want for my 37th Birthday. And I already got some of them! Sweet!! And some are in progress. Woot! One lone wonderful gal donated an Expecting book to Grace House (a new pregnancy center that friends of friends are …