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The Purposeful Pursuit: The Facebook Message That Forever Changed Us
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The Facebook Message That Forever Changed Us. On a slightly deeper level, this summer has been kind of hard to embrace. I love being Rick's wife, period. I also love this unique calling God gave us to lead in ministry. So, this whole transitioning time has been interesting . . . I feel like Wheezy, the penguin from Toy Story,. Who is placed on the shelf, wasting away, totally unused. Somedays, I seem to be collecting dust. Are we going to be used? I froze. I saw the word ter...
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The Purposeful Pursuit: Just Breathe
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014. If you have just lost a child, may you just keep breathing. If you are the Momma or Daddy to children who have just lost a brother or sister, may you just keep breathing. May some part of my 6 year old reflection speak to your heart and help you love on and understand your child's sweet innocence in the midst of a forced goodbye. My six year old mind was rather lost. I remember those childlike thoughts more clearly than any other time in my life. There are so many. Why is eve...
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Continually Seeking Him: Today is the Day.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Today is the Day. One of the things I am thinking about today is that half my life involved this man that now will no longer be connected to me. Yes, we will forever share kids and be in each other's life, but WE no longer will exist. It is strange. The person you have done life with for so long, to break that connection, it is a strange feeling. Yes, we were usually unhealthy and dysfunctional, but it is all we knew. It was US. I can't go back, and honestly I don't want to.
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Continually Seeking Him: Our lives on paper.
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Monday, September 22, 2014. Our lives on paper. Today has been a hard day. Making final decisions regarding my life and my kids life is hard. Having our lives on paper sucks. Before this divorce, we were "free" to live a way we wanted without it told to us by the law or recorded on paper or a judge to sign off on. That is now all changing. And it sucks. This isn't natural. It is not the way God intended families to live. I hate it. Does that change the fact that it's happening? It may not be something im...
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Continually Seeking Him: Update On My Beautiful Mess.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Update On My Beautiful Mess. Things are pretty much the same. Divorce is not final yet, although we are getting very close. We have agreed on everything, just need to have signed papers delivered and court date set. Its a bitter sweet time, obviously. It is necessary, yet tragic. Life is messy. Have I said that? Well, it is. But it is a beautiful mess. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a 37 year old (ouch! And a follower of Jesus Christ. Today is the Day. T - 24 hours.
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Continually Seeking Him: 2 weeks later...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Well it has been 2 weeks to the day since I got divorced. To say I have mixed emotions would be an understatement. The death of a family is hard. Hard. Nothing I ever wanted. But here it is. In the past. Raising kids alone is hard. Trying to heal their hurts when going through this myself is difficult. I miss the life of a wife and mom. Taking care of the house, errands, being a helpmeet. Focusing on my spouse and kids. Not if I met my goals, have enough parties boo...We are ca...
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Continually Seeking Him: Better
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Monday, September 15, 2014. I feel like lately, things are getting better. Although I am almost scared to say that, just in case life happens and it crumbles again. Inevitably, that will happen, but I refuse to sit and wait for that with worry and fret. Instead I choose joy, growth, and friendships. Things are still hard. Nothing has gotten easier, per se. But I have gotten better. This is a beautiful thing. I have had moments of crying, screaming, asking why, ranting, feeling incredibly lonely and weary...
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Everyday Jari: August 2014
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Doing my best to glorify Christ in our messy, beautiful life. Sunday, August 31, 2014. I'm just wrapping up our Spring and Summer selling season with Scentsy Fragrance. I had to snag some of my favorite scents before they went away. and of course, I had to restock my chocolate stash at a 10% discount. Now we wait until tomorrow. TOMORROW our Fall and Winter goodies are available! Want to see why I'm so excited? Chasing Fireflies is our new warmer of the month for September! I think I might go to bed now ...
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