Week

I didn't think I'd be able to get a post out of me this week again, but something tells me to be faithful to authenticity. So here I am.


I never want to do anything to "scare" off readers, or offend someone, (well that will happen throughout life no matter what), I want to maintain sensitivity here, no matter what. So there are a lot of things I don't blog about because I find it unfair, offendable, thoughtless, self-indulgent, or insensitive. 


But I am having one of those weeks. And I wanted to be honest about it because you readers are the best.

It's one of those weeks where my daughter has had to help me make my bed.

It's one of those weeks where ya gotta go through the McDonald's drive-thru for a small Coke.
(she asked me if I wanted to add a small fry, and I responded "It's tempting, but I'll pass" she giggled)


It's one of those weeks where I am feeling empty, sad, lonely and blue; and learning to allow it.


It's one of those weeks where I laid in the dog bed next to Nells and just cried. And my mascara got on his fur. (yep)

It's one of those weeks where you take a trip to Target just to force yourself out of the house, (I did need Dryel and Saran Wrap), and you roam around convincing yourself you don't need anything. Even the cute 80's shirts on clearance.

It's one of those weeks that my soul is so sensitive, that I am taking things personally.

It's one of those weeks that my pain is so vast, and my body is struggling so much, that I feel defeated.

It's one of those weeks where I'm thriving on the Psalms, Psalm 63:3 to be exact, "Your love is better than life."


It's one of those weeks where you listen to the same song over and over and over on the same day, in the same hour.

It's one of those weeks where you see 3 baskets of dried, clean clothes and you can't get the gumption to fold any of them.

It's one of those weeks when there are a ton of phone calls to be made, but I simply can't.pick.up.the.phone.

But a week never goes by in the midst of this that I take what I have and who I am for granted. I am rich in countless ways (and I'm not talkin bout money). I am a very thankful person.


I did get out on Monday night with my Mom, her sisters and my sister for a bit. And we had a hoot of a time at Herberger's. I had never been in that store I don't recall, but apparently every year they have an 85% off clearance price sale on shoes. Well we had a blast and we all walked out of there with at least two pair of boots. I never thought I was a tall boot person, but apparently I like the Pocahontas look:

$14.97 (originally over 100 something) Wow, go Herberger's

And this helped too, an early Birthday gift from my best friend:

An Etsy find by enrouge, her work is beautiful!

Yesterday I was over here.
And in some other news, two blog friends and I are going to be doing a Marriage Series, and we want everyone and anyone to participate. You can be single! You can be divorced! You can be engaged! We want to hear your thoughts on this thing called Marriage. We will be linking up next Tuesday, and we are super excited! So maybe start thinking about what you would share about Expectations (that will be our first topic). Here is what the button looks like:

See you soon, and thank you from the bottom of my ever lovin heart for reading my blog.

XO