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50 Journal Prompts to get through Quarantine
- Missy
- Create Health Heart Hippie
- 22 April 2020
Holy smokes, I don’t know about you but my anxiety has been through the roof lately! I feel like the mom in Pride and Prejudice, with “tremblings, such flutterings all over me– such spasms in my side and pains in my head, and such beatings at heart, that I can get no rest by night […]

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Rain, Little Kidneys & COVID-19
- Missy
- Family Health Kids
- 8 April 2020
Where to even begin? Take a seat, COVID, it’s not your turn. Before the Storm When March rolled around, I had no idea the mayhem that laid in store. I was excited for Birthday Month, well, as excited as someone in their late 30s can be about birthday month. With our trucking business fully staffed […]

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DIY, Chaos, and Embracing the Process
- Missy
- DIY Heart
- 5 April 2016
If you’re following along on Instagram, you know I opened a Pandora’s Box of DIY craziness 8 weeks ago. I’m almost embarrassed to type that, 8 weeks! 2 months of living in a disaster area and not a ton to show for it so far. I haven’t posted much about it all because I had […]

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My first successful braid of onions. I’m a horri

My first successful braid of onions. I’m a horrible braider (why God gave me 3 girls is anyone’s guess 🤷🏼‍♀️) and have never been able to get them to stay together. The technic is probably all sorts of wrong but I don’t even care. I feel like Ma Ingalls. 🧅

I finally got the rod to hang the pretty drapes th

I finally got the rod to hang the pretty drapes that have been sitting in the corner since Mother’s Day. And yes, I do realize they don’t match the nightstands. Give me a couple weeks and I’ll get things repainted, just you wait! Ok, don’t do that. 🤗 At this point of 2020, we all know it’ll sit like this for months.⁣
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P.S. Somebody should walk that pouty eyed dog. And when I say somebody its me. Yay. So lucky.

You didn’t really think I was done posting pics

You didn’t really think I was done posting pics of sunflowers, did you? Oh... you did. Oopsies. Sorry y’all. ⁣
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If it helps, the weather man says 20s on Tuesday so I’ll be filling my feed with autumn leaves, baked goods, and inside projects all too soon. Just let me enjoy the last few days of flowers & garden veggies.

Moody weather, changing leaves, canning, and cover

Moody weather, changing leaves, canning, and covering the garden with every extra sheet I own. ⁣
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Welcome to fall 🍂

I’m just over here snapping alllllll the sunflow

I’m just over here snapping alllllll the sunflower photos before the freezes come crash the party in a few days. ⁣
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These smokey skies are pretty wild.

There were several times over the years that I pra

There were several times over the years that I prayed about homeschooling my kids. Back when they were littles and still thought I was magic. It would have been the perfect season. But every time I asked God said no. Eventually, I closed that door and moved on. ⁣
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2020 was going to be my year. I finally found my groove! I had big plans for remodeling projects, taking classes & strengthening talents, and even bringing in a real income to finally buy new furniture & a much needed vacation. Then kidneys happened and bam! Here I am, at the most inconvenient moment in my motherhood, helping my sweet girl heal & learn from home. I won’t lie, I have questioned His timing. Judge me if you must. But when it comes down to it, I realize that I can’t see what He can. So each morning I’ll pray over this room, and ask the spirit to be here that she and I might bloom where we’re planted. Even here. Even now.🌻

My folks embarked on a new adventure. After 34 yea

My folks embarked on a new adventure. After 34 years living in the family home, they sold their house to my brother and are moving. The whole family is helping Dad gut the new place and make it into my mama’s dream. Yesterday as I worked, I looked around and realized just how much the current state of the demo mirrored my own life this year. I couldn’t help thinking of this quote by C.S. Lewis...⁣
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“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”⁣
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2020 is the year of demolition and rebuilding. For my parents, our family, my daughter, and for me.

Monday got me like...

Monday got me like...

Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go thro

Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there. -J.R. Rim⁣
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2020 got me feeling like I’m trying to grow up through a whole bunch of dirt. Maybe you too. If not now, you have or will be soon. Life, right? Just a little Friday morning reminder to keep looking for light. It’s there and it’ll find you, sometimes in the sweetest and simplest of ways. ⁣
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P.S. That surprise sunbeam photobomb made my day.

I having been channeling some major Ouiser Boudrea

I having been channeling some major Ouiser Boudreaux all week. If you get that reference, you know. I feel like I need a serious time out but since my youngest is still quarantined, so am I.⁣
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I wonder if my teenage daughter would notice if I hid away from life and hermited myself in her swing with some chocolate and a big stack of books for a few days? Sure tempting.

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