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Category: country life

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...

2014/2015/Baby Gray/birthday/camp house/country life/go/goals/marriage/memories/move/Mr. Gray/prayer

Gone.

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

This year, I went with a word instead of a list of goals. I liked it. It encompassed many areas of my life. Go. Some days were easy. Some days were hard. There ...

2014/country life/mouse

Eek! A Mouse!

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

I’m not a cat person, but I’m less of a mouse person, so we have four cats who are supposed to be keeping the pesky rodents away. We have found dead...

cats/country life/mouse

Good morning, sunshine!

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Nothing says good morning like your trophy hunter dancing with its prey.#thankgoodnessitwasntinmyhouse Yes, I use hashtags in my blog. No, it doesn’t help...

Baby Gray/country life/Tootsie

Country Living: Things I Never Thought I’d Say

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

Teetee in the grass; not on the porch. The calf keeps trying to come inside. Get the kitty out of the cat food box. You can’t lock them up. The cat is in ...

Baby Gray/country life/four wheeler/helmet/Tootsie

Renegade Racer

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 4 Comments

Oh y’all, my cautious kid has been empowered by country living and a helmet. He’s had the helmet for quite some while, so it’s the combination...

2014/calf/camp house/country life/Tootsie

She’s Mostly Just a Big Dog

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

You may have seen on Facebook or Instagram that we added a baby to our home this weekend.  She’s a lot like an actual baby in the whole sense of maki...

2014/Baby Gray/camp house/country life

#countrylyfe

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

Less than one week in the country.We’re enjoying it.We think. Baby Gray: (frantically) “MOM! There’s an animal head in the yard!”Mrs. Gr...

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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