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Category: 2014

2014/Christmas/gifts/giving

Stocking Stuffers for the Family

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

Stockings have almost always been one of my favorite parts of Christmas morning. “Santa” used to do a great job with mine growing up, and luckily, &...

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Thursday Thirteen

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Yeah, I made that up. It’s not a thing. When my computer has been crashed, and I have a lot of catching up to do, it seems the best route to take, though....

2014/go/move/Thanksgiving

Just So Grateful

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

The shower. It’s where I go to retreat and think. No one disturbs me. I can pray, cry, laugh, sing, talk, reflect, whatever I need to do, and it’s t...

2014/30/Christmas/Christmasday/Elf on the Shelf/giving/New York/Teddy/Thanksgiving

Tuesday Ten: Chrismastime is Coming!

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

1.  I am a firm “no Christmas until after Thanksgiving” kind of girl. As a matter of fact, one of my very favorite days is Chrismasday, the Sunday a...

2014/30/Baby Gray/birthday/celebration/Happy House/Heart Group/high school/Mr. Gray/party/Revolution

Celebrate Good Times!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

My sweet husband put together quite the shindig last night–complete with a toast full of tears and most of my favorite people. We have amazing friends who...

2014/30/birthday/life

Today I Do Not Turn 30

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Today I do not turn 30, but we are celebrating my 30th birthday today. Since my birthday gets swallowed up by football and Thanksgiving next week, my husband ar...

2014/birthday/Mr. Gray/Tuesday 10/Tuesday ten

Tuesday Ten: Mr. Gray Edition

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

It’s Mr. Gray’s birthday, so this Tuesday Ten is for him! He’s the big 2-9 today. Yeah, I robbed the cradle. Old news. I love: 1. his half-smi...

2014/Aggies/away game/football/SEC

Sweet Caroline-uh-uh-uh

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

South Carolina. It was fast; it was furious; it was totally worth it. Pretend like I didn’t just steal my Instagram posts from the trip and re-share them ...

2014/community/faith/friends/go/goals/moving

Thankful.

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Emotions tend to get the best of me sometimes, and I definitely know better. Emotions are fleeting; they’re circumstantial. Lately, though, I have just fe...

2014/faith/go/struggles/swim/swimming/wait

Wrapped in Pretty Paper

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Whoa! We have been running crazy this week! I don’t know what I was thinking when I signed the boy up for swim lessons in New Braunfels–other than t...

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Hi, I’m Jolie…

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Wife to Josh, mama to Hays (7), hopeful adoptive mama, and Jesus lover. I founded Purpose Box in July of 2014. I'm all about open sunroofs and coffee dates. Welcome to my space; have a click around. I hope you feel loved, encouraged, and empowered.

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I will never be sad about the fact that I was close by for so many years when this “baby” was a baby. I was down south during my undergrad when he was born. I left chemistry to go to the hospital and have been smitten ever since. 

Time and distance have stood in the way of so many things, but never my love and desire to be there.
Do you ever just know you’re doing exactly what Do you ever just know you’re doing exactly what you’re supposed to be doing?

This picture is the embodiment of that for me. {Most of} my kids. My favorite person to do this ministry and work with. Big smiles on their faces from an inside joke that was captured perfectly. 

Of all the things I took from tonight, the big one for me is how much I love and appreciate my people.
They say it’s your birthday… Purse candles f They say it’s your birthday… 

Purse candles fail me for the second time in 2022. Getting back on the horse for full celebrations by tomorrow. I have to.
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