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Category: growing up

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Wordless Wednesday: Vacation Bible School Edition

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

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Flashback

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

We’re going with a little somethin’ from the archives today because every time I come home my boy seems just a bit bigger. Source: thegraymatters.co...

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Mushy Gushy Friday

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

I am grateful each day for this little boy. He is growing up all too fast, but I love seeing his creativity and personality blossom. I am so proud of the boy he...

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I Get By With a Little Help From…

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 3 Comments

… Betty White (and my friends; this is not Betty White, apparently. My mind is blown. I have always thought it was). You know how sometimes it’s fun...

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A Fairy Tale

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

I commented a week or so ago that Baby Gray would likely not go to kindergarten sleeping with his paci. He only had (notice that’s in past tense!) it in h...

Baby Gray/faith/growing/growing up/love/parenting

Break Away

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

There are a few things as a parent that we know are inevitable. Our child growing up is one of them (it’s multifaceted; it doesn’t happen all at onc...

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Something Beautiful

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

People ask me all the time what we do all day. For as Type A as I am, we don’t actually have a set routine. Hard to believe, I know. I do ensure we have t...

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Planting the Seeds

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Two Sundays ago was Baby Gray’s last Sunday in the nursery. We have such wonderful ladies in the nursery who love and care for our children when we are at...

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Fashion Friday

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

No, no, it’s not what you think. I had such a collection of Baby Gray’s outfits this week, though, that I felt the need to jump on the Fashion Frida...

Baby Gray/growing up/talking

Operator, Put Me Through

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Baby Gray is into phones big time! Wednesday, he finally started saying hello when he holds [whatever object he deems necessary] up to his ear as his phone. Yes...

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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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As I woke to the calendar flipped to March this mo As I woke to the calendar flipped to March this morning, it really made me think about this past year. 

I wrote and prayed with a bit of a different perspective. I thanked God for the lessons in empathy and love. I thanked Him for the slowdown and family time, just as our years with the boy begin their downhill slide. I thanked Him for safety and health that we so often take for granted. 

How can you reframe your focus as we step back into March? How can a year that has seemed to be full of differences and inconveniences turn into blessings in your life?
Little Sunday afternoon baseball—good for the so Little Sunday afternoon baseball—good for the soul.
This morning, mid-workout, I walked out and said, This morning, mid-workout, I walked out and said, “Do you know we’ll be married 15 years this year?” 

Y’all. The fives and tens get me. How am I old enough to have been married that long? 

Sometimes I think back to the 16 year-old girl who knew she would marry this guy. She had no idea what she was signing up for—she couldn’t have dreamt how great he would be as a husband, a father, a leader, a friend, a confidant. 

So, while we’re a few months off, I’m still here. In awe of my calculation. Wondering how it could have flown by and been a lifetime all at once—but, you know what they say, time flies when you’re having fun!
Turns out, I like it a lot better when we travel t Turns out, I like it a lot better when we travel to the snow and not vice versa. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 

Couple of thoughts: 
• offer heaps of grace and patience in the return to regularly scheduled programming
• choose to believe people are doing the best they can with what they have
• offer what you’re able
• check in on those around you

This week’s experience was different for every single person I have spoken to, even those very close in proximity.

Teacher friends, jumping to you for a second here, remember that each of your kiddos will have experienced this week differently, too, when they get back to you Monday (or whenever they are able). Some will have spent the time cuddled up, playing games, enjoying the snow with hot cocoa. Others will have been freezing, alone, and scared. Meet them where they are. Academic needs may not be the forefront upon return, and that’s okay. A hug and a smile goes a long way.
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