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Angelfire/Baby Gray/Type 1 Diabetes

I Just Can’t Imagine

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

People tell me all the time that they, “just can’t imagine…” They can’t imagine counting carbs and keeping track of every meal or ...

2015/Angelfire/Baby Gray/graycation/snow

The Rest of the Story

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

The final day of our trip was a hodge podge of sorts. Mr. Gray and I skied (eh, snowboarded) while everyone else played at home for the morning.   (Have I ...

2015/Angelfire/church/go/graycation/prayer/Revolution/settle

Laying Hands

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

After we went on the grand snowmobile adventure, we headed to a lodge back in town. It was time for a sleigh ride. When I booked it, I originally thought we wou...

2015/Angelfire/graycation/snow

Mother Theories

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

While on our trip, we headed out for a little snowmobiling adventure with a guide, on a trail, so not actually too much of an adventure. We split into pairs and...

2015/Angelfire/graycation/sledding

Ready? Set? Sled!

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

After our ski day, we headed home to do some sledding. Sledding was a main item of importance on Baby Gray’s list when he first decided he wanted to see s...

2015/Angelfire/travel/vacations

Free to Ski!

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Our first actual day of “the snow” was spent on the slopes. Baby Gray headed to ski school, quite excitedly, I might add. We dropped him off–h...

2015/Angelfire/flights/graycation/vacations

Taking Flight

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 3 Comments

Mr. Gray and I travel by plane fairly frequently, and I’ve been flying since I was tiny. I couldn’t wait for Baby Gray to experience his first fligh...

Angelfire/New Mexico/skiing/Tuesday 10/Tuesday ten

Tuesday Ten: Ski Trip Edition

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

1. I’m in that stage of packing where you make a giant mess before you do anything that’s actually productive. As much as I love order and organizat...

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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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Allow me to introduce {our}selves: I’m Jolie. Allow me to introduce {our}selves: 

I’m Jolie. Wife, mama, teacher, friend, daughter, Aggie, writer, encourager, reader, letter writer. 

That’s the boy. LEGO builder, author, advocate, fundraiser, creative, friend, Type One butt-kicker. 

That that’s Mr. Gray. Husband, father, friend, role model, coach, teacher, leaner, discerner. 

This is us! (Except now Mr. Gray cut his hair. 😭😭😭) Sometimes we match when we go out. Sometimes we laugh too loud. Sometimes we overreact. We love and forgive each other. We work together to help others and make the world around us better. 

Who are you? How are you? 👇🏻
So, I didn’t tell y’all, but when I posted yes So, I didn’t tell y’all, but when I posted yesterday, I also challenged myself. I challenged myself to show up. For seven days. Or ten. Or twenty-one. Or thirty. I’m not sure how long yet, but I’ll be here. For some consecutive days. 

I want to show up here in laughter or tears in such a way that you can take a little nugget, stick it in your pocket, and save it for a rainy day. 

Sometimes you just have to laugh. Laugh at yourself. Laugh with your spouse. Send your ridiculousness to your friends. Take a moss to dinner. Embarrass your husband. Don’t take it all so seriously. Step back a bit and step out of the deep. Smile. Breathe.
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, I wro Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, I wrote every single day. If I were going to be gone, I wrote ahead of time and scheduled it to post. In a more recent place in time, I jumped online each Friday and discussed the week via Facebook live. In an even more recent realm, I started a weekly newsletter in an effort to get back to some writing roots and offer up another form of sharing ideas and tips. 

Then I stopped. All of it. 

Everything around me began to just sound like noise, and I didn’t want to contribute to that. I wanted to be sure what I bring to the table has some value (even if sometimes that value is that it’ll show up in my @chatbooks later).

Mostly, though, I want what I share to be thoughtful and representative of a safe space in this big ol’ (sometimes mean) internet world. I want people to peek in—to any of my spaces—and see something that saves them time, a way to give back, a reminder that Jesus loves them, a family working on getting back to the basics and focusing on each other.

I want to be a brand and make an impact and be something bigger, but not in such a way that I blend in with the noise. I want to make you think and challenge you and offer up ways to make your life and systems simpler and work for you. I want to be a resource and an encourager.

So, I’m getting back in the game. And I’m starting with this little space. 

*laces up shoes and jogs onto the court*
State testing. ⭐️ When he was in second grade State testing. ⭐️

When he was in second grade, I heard my first account of a child with Type One whose test had been taken due to a monitor not knowing that the Dexcom receiver (not even a communication device of any kind) on the child’s desk was for medical care and taking the test without allowing the child to finish. 

I quickly emailed our counselor (whose campus we were not even on yet) and asked for a plan. She sprang into action and had gotten back with me in less than 24 hours. Plan in place, I felt much better—and we were still a year away. 

Enter the pandemic, and we still haven’t faced a testing day. Until now. While I did a little coaching on a good night’s sleep and how well I knew he would do, my focus was mostly on his medical plan. What to do—mostly proceed like normal. What not to do—anything a monitor questioned. And what to do if the plan broke down. I drilled him with contingency plans and ways to proceed should something go awry. 

Mornings like these, I am so grateful that he does not have any kind of test anxiety or anything to add into the mix.

His campus team does an incredible job day in and day out. I have no doubt today will be no different, but I know their tensions are high, too. It’s not a regular day for them, either. So we’ll face today like we always do and adjust after, if needed.
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