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Category: boy mama

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Summer Checklist (Sanity Saver!)

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Jolie / 0 Comment

As much as I love lazy summer days and the spontaneity of it all, I also crave a little structure. (I know, you’re surprised, aren’t you?) I started...

2017/Adoption/Baby Gray/boy mama/calling/change/country life/family

When Words Escape

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Jolie / 1 Comment

This place has been a safe haven for over six years. Sometimes I share a little, sometimes a lot. I don’t aspire to be the next Dickens or Tolstoy, only t...

2016/Baby Gray/boy mama/Happy House/Uncategorized

The Happy Recap

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jolie / 0 Comment

After an emotional last week at Happy House (for me, not him), we had a wonderful graduation ceremony (where I didn’t cry at all). He sang his heart out a...

#buildingthegrayhouse/2016/Adoption/Baby Gray/boy mama/play/playroom

The Case for a Playroom

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Jolie / 0 Comment

A couple of weeks ago, I had an epiphany about why I couldn’t turn our extra room into a guest room. I kept the door shut, blocking out the boxes and the ...

#teddyelf/Baby Gray/boy mama/Santa/Teddy

Melts My Heart Like Snow in Summmmmeeeeerrrrrrrr!

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

After all the internal debate, which ended up being a weblog debate, we ended up visiting “new” Santa again this year. He’ll just be our Santa...

#fridayintroductions/#write31days/Aggies/boy mama/Facebook/football/Friday Five/Instagram

Friday Five: Hashtag Edition

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

1. I think the #write31days challenge helped me loosen up a little on my need to be in this space every weekday. I don’t have to be here every weekday. I ...

Aggies/boy mama/essential oils/football/music/social media/Tuesday 10/Tuesday ten

Shake it Off!

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

1. It’s Tuesday. Timehop told me this week I started Tuesday Ten a year ago. Yay, for 52-ish weeks of random thoughts. 2. I always have these big ideas fo...

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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There were days I wondered if he’d ever start pl There were days I wondered if he’d ever start playing to win. Now look at him: sheathing his sword on strike three. 😂
Baseball weekends are the best weekends. Lessons Baseball weekends are the best weekends.

Lessons learned. Memories made. Work put in.

Baseball is a big part of our story, and we are so glad to be able to share it with the boy.
All the Mother’s Day things—grateful for my mo All the Mother’s Day things—grateful for my mom and the ones who call me mom and the places I get to fill in the gaps and the hurt and the waiting and the in between. 

It’s a day of balance and challenge and so many emotions and thoughts. Where ever you fall on the Mother’s Day spectrum, I hope your day was just what you needed.
From band to the baseball field and back again. B From band to the baseball field and back again.

Big day yesterday with 1s in both band competitions and a 2-0 day on the field. 

Today didn’t go the way we wanted on the diamond, but that’s a big part of the game.

I don’t want to remove the failure because it’s part of life. It’s what helps us grow. We don’t grow when life is easy and comfortable. Growth comes from working through the hard and getting better—not just in baseball but in life. 

Full disclosure: it is a lot more fun when we win, though. 🙃 Grateful for these boys and this team to grow with.
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