I don’t know if you are anything like us, but we were more than happy to take any piece of furniture that anyone was willing to give us when we first got married! We were so grateful because we certainly weren’t looking to furnish our whole home from start.
But after moving 4 times in our marriage and the wear and tear we decided we were going to use our tax return money if we could get a good deal and get a few things for our apartment.
Here are some of the before photos:
My husband decided to rip up the love seat in order to get it into the trash bin.
I wanted to do a whole other post today, but my camera is having a hard time uploading photos for some reason so that will have to be put on hold for now.
For the past few months I have been thinking about writing stories from my life. I have always wanted to write stories from my life, mostly because I want to remember them, partly because I want to relive them, another part because I want to review what I learned from them, and in the end when I am passed from this life, maybe someone I love would want to read them and hopefully writing them down will be of interest to them.
Writing them in first person might feel odd and awkward in some senses because the stories are about my life and people in my life, who may read this blog. So I am going to write them in a story form about a girl named Eisy Morgan and change some names to respect those people here and there.
I hope you find them interesting or entertaining or maybe inspire to write down more of your own story. I read this quote last night and was inspired by it.
"When we watch the news, we grieve all of this (tragedy), but when we go to the movies we want more of it. Somehow we realize that great stories are told in conflict, but we are unwilling to embrace the potential greatness of the story we are actually in. We think God is unjust, rather than a master storyteller."
I just wanted to make a page with all of my 1st Marathon Training Vlogs I will be adding all of them to this page if anyone is interested in following my journey. They will be under the "running" button.
{Like group bloggy therapy}
In the past we have had some awesome posts linked up,
make sure you check some of them out here.
I will give a writing prompt that you can spin off of, or just share something you have been feeling or thinking about, or something you are learning or going through. Time to do something that will help your heart. Something I believe we neglect all too often.
Here are the questions I will be answering and you can join me if you would like:
Then answer the following questions about your unwanted identities:
What do these perceptions mean to us? They mean I am a failure at life if I am seen like this.
Why are they so unwanted?I think it may be tied to wanting to be perceived or not perceived in certain ways, but one of my biggest fears is being misunderstood. I have jumped through many a hoop and cried many tears in order to make sure I am understood as much as possible! That people understand my heart behind things.
Where did the messages that fuel these identities come from? Perhaps how I have seen others judged while watching influential people in my life. People are more loved or accepted when acting "this way or that way" but when you become difficult, raw, emotional, opinionated it feels like you are no longer a valid human being.
Looking at the list of unwanted identities complete the following sentences:
If you label me and reduce me to this list of unwanted identities, you will miss the opportunity to know I'm complex, and I have many strengths including:
1 That I'm a great listener and who people are matter to me, not just what they do.
2 I'm empathetic and want to know and understand people's hearts
3 I want to learn and grow and am willing to change, not through shame, but through compassion, love and patience.
This exercise is kind of hard to do, to dig into what we fear others might think we are or what we hope they know we really can be. But feel free to link up if you decide to venture into the murky waters!
