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Category: moving

2014/community/faith/friends/go/goals/moving

Thankful.

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Emotions tend to get the best of me sometimes, and I definitely know better. Emotions are fleeting; they’re circumstantial. Lately, though, I have just fe...

2014/camp house/community/friends/go/moving

Plug In & Pour In

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 4 Comments

Some days going is really easy. The days that we close on our house or feel at home in the little house on the hill. Those are easy. Yes, let’s go. Other ...

moving/Tuesday ten

Tuesday Ten: I Still Don’t Have My Computer Edition

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

1. The kitchen is finished! 2. The electricians will be getting me “more electricity” this week!  3. The dog hates it here.  4. Closing da...

2014/Christ/faith/friends/God/happy mail/joy/moving

He’s Good

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Oh, y’all. When we pour our hearts out and get vulnerable, we allow God to work. He works in the broken-ness. He is our Healer, Redeemer. After a rough Tu...

2014/C3/faith/go/moving

It’s a Hard Knock Life

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Some days are just harder than others. Yesterday was one of those days. Nothing was particularly wrong; I was just off. Off my game; off my security in who I am...

2014/antique/go/memories/moving

Digging for Treasure

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Last night, we were going through the attic and bringing things down to see what needs to be moved and what can be sold or given away (side note: garage sale co...

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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.
Thank you, @wurstfest! 🎤 Our beloved pitchers Thank you, @wurstfest! 🎤 

Our beloved pitchers come in clutch—AGAIN. Man, what can’t these things do? 

The good news: the cattle and animals have water. 

The bad news: our house does not.
Snow much fun! ❄️ I spent yesterday afternoon Snow much fun! ❄️

I spent yesterday afternoon bummed the go-kart wouldn’t start in the weather. Didn’t even think to bring my ol’ girl out. She got the job done! 

PS: the pasture’s too muddy. Don’t bother. 😂😂

PPS: I always wave as people pass. I almost never see them wave back. The whole “neighborhood” was honking and waving today.
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