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Intentional Marriage

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Jolie / 2 Comments

I’ve never been in a bad marriage. I’ve been in a fun marriage; a loving marriage; a loud marriage; an easy marriage (some days); and a hard marriag...

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Forsaking All Responsibilities

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

You know how sometimes it just seems best to forsake all responsibility, drop everything, and just be? That was the case Saturday. We had quite a lot on tap at ...

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I Couldn’t Live Without… Date Night

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

It’s fun to think of the things I couldn’t live without. I always enjoy joining in with Katie and Lindsay.   Date night. Date day. Lunch date. ...

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Cream of the Crop, Top of the Top

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

A look back at the top ten posts of 2014 by the numbers. 1. Six-tea Surprise 2. The Next Big Step3. Marriage Matters: Life Happens4. Happy Wife, Happy Life5. Ha...

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Thursday Thoughts

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

+ I love haircut day. Yesterday I decided that from now on if I have a haircut we will also have date night. Nothing like looking good and feeling good. (Insert...

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Keep the Love Alive

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

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Friday makes me think of our Friday Fun Dances when I was still teaching. We’d crank up some Miley...

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Pink Hair, Don’t Care

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 3 Comments

1. I lost my largest skillet at some point in the move. It’s just gone. Lost forever (or something like that). I don’t even know what to think. Who ...

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About that Dirty House

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

This is my space, so I’m going to do a little venting here. Indulge me, please (or don’t–use that back button and go on your merry way). I kee...

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Hang Ten

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

It’s T-t-t-tuh-tuesday! I’ve got quite a bit of random to spew, so here we go with the Tuesday Ten. 1. I keep seeing a post about lowering your expe...

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Challenge: Date Night Dinner

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

You know those people who claim they never have time to date their spouse? I don’t want to be one of them. So, after much searching, we have found a coupl...

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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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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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