my blog is first and foremost my scrapbook & journal for our family. i don't scrapbook or keep photo albums, so this is it, baby! i am not trying to get famous...just to record memories for our family and to share the reality of a very imperfect family living, learning and growing with God at the center of all we do.
if anything i write encourages or inspires, opening this little window into our world is all worth it.
this marriage, parenting, family, ministry, homeschooling gig can be a circus of a life sometimes. my blog is a creative outlet where i can express myself and find camaraderie with other women in my same stage of life. it is also a way to keep our out-of-town family and friends in the crazy busy loop of our lives.
i am a passionate person with lots of ideas and opinions i love to share. like most women, i process as i am talking or writing, and i sometimes change my mind. as i look back over the years i have been blogging i can see areas where i was too quick to speak and opinions that i no longer hold that seem ridiculous to me now. i contemplate removing certain posts from time to time, and decide against it in an effort to be authentic. i want to be able to read this in my old age and see how God refined me over time through my circumstances. how can i do that if i remove or edit posts that i once wrote with such conviction?
that said, it would break my heart if someone were to be hurt or discouraged by one of my posts in any way. i can be intense, and come across dogmatic sometimes and that is never my intent. please exercise grace for me if you choose to take a peek into our life and know that i am with you on this journey...learning, growing, falling and climbing...a sinner in need of a savior, a Mommy who is trying to do her best and failing at times, a far-from-perfect wife, sister, friend and daughter.
the only absolute truth you will ever read on this blog is whatever unedited scripture i choose to share. the rest is either my perception of my world or just plain opinion. don't take it for truth unless it lines up with the Word.
may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord. Psalm 19:14
