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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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That Tuesday in August

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

About mid-July, my subconscious starts to remind the rest of my being that the beginning of August is approaching. Scriptures, memories, timing, it all starts b...

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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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I Wasn’t Going to Go There

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

Robin Williams. I wasn’t going to go there. I don’t feel like I lost a long lost friend or some of the emotional connections to childhood movies tha...

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Monday Musings

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 2 Comments

I promise I have no intention of turning this little ol’ space of mine into a constant running list of incoherent thoughts, but sometimes I just have so m...

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Out of the Darkness

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

A few months ago, a friend posted that she was walking in an Out of the Darkness walk. I knew I wanted to donate to the cause, but beyond that I wasn’t su...

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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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I’ll never get over the generations of friendshi I’ll never get over the generations of friendships that come from raising our boy in the town we grew up in.
Dropped this guy off for his last day of fifth gra Dropped this guy off for his last day of fifth grade today. I don’t know where the time has gone—seems like we were just finishing Happy House. 

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We don’t do a ton of news and current events with him, unless it’s pertinent to him. As we drove to school this morning, I shared a little about yesterday’s events in Uvalde and let him know there may be some drills or different protocols in place.

I reminded him that in the event of a lockdown drill, his @dexcom receiver needed to be turned off and his phone needed to be hooked to headphones to avoid any noises from either device while allowing monitoring to still take place.

Pumping families, they make some noises as well. We don’t have a plan for those since we are MDI, but you likely need one. These instructions are written into our 504 and his teachers are aware.
Word on the street is that we’ve got an annivers Word on the street is that we’ve got an anniversary coming up—what are some fun and unique places you’ve been with your spouse? We’re up for something new and different.
Another graduation celebration in the books for th Another graduation celebration in the books for the weekend. 🧑🏼‍🎓

I will never be sad about the fact that I was close by for so many years when this “baby” was a baby. I was down south during my undergrad when he was born. I left chemistry to go to the hospital and have been smitten ever since. 

Time and distance have stood in the way of so many things, but never my love and desire to be there.
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