~RecentlyFromTheiPhone…IfI'mLyin'I'mDyin'~

World of Coke. A fun place to go once.

tasting coke from around the world is interesting...

maybe it's just me, but Beverly, from wherever it was, wasn't that bad.

Heather told me I would gag if I tasted it….but I was almost a fan.

this makes me weird, I know.

animal rights activist, avert you eyes

the man i married shoots turkeys from time to time

we eat them, so don't judge too harshly

kids, young and old, sisters, brothers, or friends, like to play with the bits

tendons are pulled, and claws move

anatomy 101

and the beard….the longer the beard, the older, wiser, and more awesome the bird. *sigh

catching her mid-sentence is a treat

she's a witty one

older than she is

wait for it…..

she is graduating to "flyer"

this is big

huge, really

i love her

me and my crow's feet

LOVE HER

this picture restored my faith in humanity

good people are everywhere

thank GOD for good men

willing to stand in the gap

to do the right thing

to be leaders

i love these kind of men

#baltimore

my fair skinned, fluffy baby sun bathing while watching brother get it on a wake board

thank you, Jesus, for spring time

here he is

getting better every day

he is handsome

and so incredibly good hearted

and this

so sad

this is her fevered face when i told her she could not go to

what would have been her first sleepover

sick babies can't go away for the night

silent, shaking tears are the worst

i got her a barbie

because i could hardly stand it

As Jeremy would say, "if I'm lying, I'm dying"...

I really don't put much value in the easy, the natural, the innate.

I am excited by natural talent,

by God given smartness or ability

but I don't come out of my seat over that kind of stuff.

I leap with tears in my eyes over victory that comes from struggle.

My heart skips a beat at the chance to live out and explain to my five year old that 

we can be okay with any disappointment.

I smile when I can tell my child,

"Okay, so you aren't in the "cool group" in that class? Then make "your group" the group you WANT to be with. Embrace it. Embrace them. Bloom where you're planted. Be light and salt right where you are. God honors obedience. A heart of compassion GETS YOU PLACES." 

The struggle is where it's at.

don't be afraid of it.

don't run from it.

that's where growth comes 

and that's where you can SHINE if you choose to.

~stacey