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Weep with Those Who Weep

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Jolie / 1 Comment

Today is our twelfth wedding anniversary, and in anniversaries past, I have come to this space to profess my undying love for my husband as well as my appreciat...

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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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Five on Friday: Link Edition

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

1. I really want to take the boy to this hotel. Even if we just hang in the hotel the whole trip. 2. When I wrote the post But I’m Not Pregnant last week,...

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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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Marriage Matters: Show Up and Jump a Shark

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 3 Comments

Wrapping up this month of posting, I feel like I might have jumped the shark a little with a post I wrote mid-month. I said, “Being married is a lot of da...

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Marriage Matters: Just for You

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

We took an early birthday trip to California from last week to early this week. It was a trip for both of us, but it was mostly a trip for me. How do I know? I ...

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Marriage Matters: Elephants

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Back when this #write31days challenge first started, I was working on my topic and some ideas to go along with it. My always-helpful husband decided that elepha...

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Marriage Matters: Back to Reality

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

We’ve got our boy; we’re home; we’re back to reality. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m writing Marriage Matters as part of th...

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Marriage Matters: Because

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

I love you because: + you take care of our family. + you seek Godly wisdom through prayer and good counsel. + we have fun together.  + you support my dream...

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Marriage Matters: Safety in Numbers

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

One of the best things that we have done in our marriage is make friends with couples who are for  our marriage. When we first moved closer to home, we got...

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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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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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