I went on a run today. It was raining and I had this moment where I felt as if it was just me, and the rain. It was pounding on me, it felt cold, but alive. I've felt rain many times before, but tonight, I recognized that I was running... even in the rain. Today felt like a mess. It did. I ... READ the POST
What You Need to Know About Being a Foster Parent
I've put off writing this for months. But it keeps coming back up because of the thousands of questions I receive about being a foster parent, how to become one, what it's like, etc. I feel that I need to use my voice for the 700,000 children in this country who live in foster care. Before I ... READ the POST
The Most Magical Winter: Germany Travel Guide
This year, Mike and I knew that we needed to do something different for Christmas, because following our same traditions without our kids didn't feel right. I spent weeks trying to figure out the right place for us to spend Christmas, spent hours researching top places around the world to spend the ... READ the POST
Adventurers, Assemble!
The word adventure, back in it's early origin, meant, "to take a chance." In the 1600s the word Adventurer meant "one who seeks adventures." Or, in other words, one who seeks to take a chance. I didn't know this growing up, but I, in fact, am an adventurer. I used to mistake this, as well as people ... READ the POST
The Grief Between Us: 5 Ways To Strengthen Your Marriage During Grief/Trauma/or Loss.
I was scared when we lost our kids, for a lot of reasons. On top of everything else I was feeling... I was scared for us. For Mike and I. For our marriage and relationship that for so long centered around our children, and then was gone. I was scared because I was so tired. SO tired. And I was mad, ... READ the POST
5 Ways to Walk Confidently Throughout Your Day
Sponsored by Zappos Moving to Nashville has been such a new, exciting, refreshing and crazy change in our lives. Being here has helped us keep moving towards our dreams. I launched an online course for women entrepreneurs a month ago, and working with all of the amazing women who enrolled has ... READ the POST
A Letter for My Kids, On Their First Day Of School
A LETTER TO MY KIDS, ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL If the kids were still with us, they would have started school today. It hurts me to not be antsy, waiting in the school pick up line to hear about their first day, what they're excited about, who's in their class, and to see them grow another ... READ the POST
The Move We Never Wanted…
all clothing from Shop Ashley LeMieux This entire year has been an absolute whirlwind. If you asked me at the beginning of the year what I thought the next 12 months would look like, THIS would NOT be it. Being able to talk about what's happening in my life again has been a great outlet for me, but ... READ the POST
The Perfect Paris 3 Day Itinerary
We were so excited to travel to Europe for our first time. We needed a trip of refilling ourselves, rediscovering what it means to live and feel excitement, and a trip that would allow us to come together to have the strength to do what life leads us to next. Europe helped jumpstart our ... READ the POST
What I wish I had Known About Grief
No one prepared us for this. How could they have? The grief, the pain, the anger and hope and spurts of being "okay" the despair and the guilt... it all just cycles over, and over, and over again. You hear about grief and it's stages. But unless it enters into your life, you don't actually know the ... READ the POST
When You’re Given More Than You Can Bear
I have often heard throughout my life, "God never gives more than you can bear." I'm here today to call a flub on all of that. I'm here today to tell you that not only does God give you more than you can bear, but that He also knows that you can't bear it all. At the age of 26, I became an ... READ the POST
5 Things Your Not Doing To Decrease Your Stress
You're not taking time to continue to develop yourself. Reading, learning, studying, meditating... these are all crucial elements to developing yourself. We often get so busy that we don't have times of solitude. It's important to take time to do the slow paced things. It calms our minds, it makes ... READ the POST
Back To School Part II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OqLynFJqLg&feature=youtu.be ... READ the POST
This Most Requested Item in Homeless Shelters Will Surprise You.
I'll never forget a time when I went with a group of Shine followers down to a women's shelter in Phoenix. We organized clothes for hours, for these women who had been in domestic abuse situations for a very long time. We learned that when they finally escape to a shelter, many times with their ... READ the POST
35 Ideas on how to Ignite Change when You Don’t Know What To Do
(found this bus last year in North Carolina) Our country is sitting and watching a screen play role out right before our eyes. Most of us are angry, many of us are hurt, and the majority of us are scared about what this all means. The shootings these past few days have opened a bigger discussion to ... READ the POST
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