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Aggies/boy mama/essential oils/football/music/social media/Tuesday 10/Tuesday ten

Shake it Off!

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

1. It’s Tuesday. Timehop told me this week I started Tuesday Ten a year ago. Yay, for 52-ish weeks of random thoughts. 2. I always have these big ideas fo...

2014/music/NYC/trip/TV

I’ll Let it Go if You’ll Call Me on The Way to Sesame Street

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Aside from a David Letterman monologue or twenty growing up, I don’t watch late night talk shows. A few years ago, though, I discovered Jimmy Fallon’...

concert/George Strait/Houston/music/Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wedneday: George-Strait-Floor-Seats-Screaming-Like-A-School-Girl Edition

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

 

2013/faith/God/marriage/music/relationships

Playing Our Song

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

Music. It’s not really my thing. It doesn’t make my world go ’round. I’m not musically inclined. I’m not even sure I can carry a t...

music/tips

Sing to Me

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

I’m not much of a music person. I have the occasional song that speaks to me, but, most of the time, you can find my radio tuned to KLOVE with the volume ...

friends/music/TV

I Hear Voices

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

Last Sunday morning, I was chatting with an older couple at church while they waited for the service to start. I asked them if they were excited about the Super...

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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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