These bloggers made me cry this week

07/28/2010 By 9 Comments

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It’s only Wednesday and these bloggers have already made me cry this week! They are all really wonderful writers and have been through some tough times. Please remember…if you have nothing insightful, helpful or supportive to say, don’t say anything. They don’t need judgment, advice or criticism.

  • Kristine @ Cora’s Story (http://www.corasstory.org/) – Kristine experienced a horror that no parent should ever even have to think about. Her darling daughter passed away unexpectedly in her arms while breastfeeding from an undetected congenital heart defect. I had once before read the story of Cora’s last night and I had cried crocodile tears for the family who lost so much in a split second. Then again yesterday, Kristine was having a hard time dealing with her memories from that night. That post made me cry because I remembered reading the original story and how heartbroken I was just reading it. I still couldn’t imagine living it. My prayers are with you Kristine.
  • Devan @ Accustomed Chaos (http://www.accustomedchaos.com) – Devan wrote herself a letter. A letter to herself at a younger age…a more naive time in her life before she had to suffer through 10 miscarriages. You read that right. Ten. I have suffered through one miscarriage and I cannot imagine the pain and anguish suffered each and every time she had to hear those words. I commend her for sharing her story and for making me cry.
  • Jamie @ Tragically Imperfect (http://tragicallyimperfect.blogspot.com/) – You might know Jamie as the Love to Shop Mom, but she has recently started a new blog to chronicle her battle with bulimia. Her post earlier this week describing how she first started down the scary winding path to bulimia was frighteningly real. So many of us fight with our inner voices over our outer appearances. Jamie simply took that fight a step (or two) further and has now been battling this disease for ten years. Jamie is such a beautiful woman and I will be following her in her journey to beat bulimia.

Once again, please visit these ladies and show your support. If you have anything other than words of encouragement and support, you do not need to click the “comment” hyperlink. Leave those thoughts in your head.

This post was written as a part of Pour Your Heart Out with Shell @ Things I Can’t Say.

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Pour Your Heart Out: Guilt Edition

06/30/2010 By 13 Comments

I was sitting around last night being super lazy when it hit me…I haven’t been posting very inspired posts lately. All of my posts have been more out of obligation than of an actual will to write. And I’m not sure why that is. I really enjoy this writing stuff. I never knew that about myself until I started blogging. Now all of a sudden I enjoy sitting down in front of the computer and typing to my heart’s content. And do you know what happened? I over-booked myself.

I was doing reviews, giveaways, actual posts, silly posts, memes, guest posts, etc . The list goes on and on. This is proof that there can be too much of a good thing. I love doing all of those things. But, I can’t do them all. So, I will be more focused and diligent in my blogging. I will continue guest blogging, because it makes me so profoundly happy. I will no longer do weekly giveaways (don’t get sad, I’ll still do random giveaways if offered to me…maybe, for instance, an email from Frito-Lay). I will complete my book reviews in a more timely manner. I will not spend copious amounts of time dawdling around the internet when I could be more focused on what I really enjoy doing.

So, I’m going to ask you all to stick it out with me. I will get better. This blog is going to rock your socks off. My writing is going to be the best I’ve ever done (with a few silly/dumb posts mixed in because I’m not perfect) and I am going to enjoy every single minute of it. Because apparently I enjoy writing. Who knew?

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Now that all that has been said, I thought maybe I should give a quick update on what I’ve been up to lately. This past Saturday, my hubby and I were lucky enough to be chosen to host a Bull’s-Eye Bold BBQ House Party. If you’ve never heard of HouseParty.com, you really should check them out. It’s free to sign up and you are given the opportunity to host some great parties. They send you a party pack full of goodies and give you a date range in which to hold the party. All they ask in return is that you feature the specific brand sponsoring the party and give some feedback after the party. My party pack included a nice grill caddy with tongs, spatula and basting brush, eight bottles of the new regional flavors of Bull’s-Eye Bold BBQ Sauce, two Bull’s-Eye shot glasses, lots of Bull’s-Eye drink koozies, Bull’s-Eye coupons, some e-music cards and some Bull’s-Eye BBQ game guides. Honestly, it was a TON of stuff and we had a blast figuring out recipes we could use each of the flavors in. Note to you all: The Kansas City sauce goes great with some chicken.

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10 Reasons Why I Love My Husband

06/23/2010 By 21 Comments

You know, I don’t talk about my husband much on this blog. Mostly because he doesn’t like it much when I divulge details of our personal lives to the masses. But today, he’s out of luck. Because I’m writing about him.

If you hop over to Moms of Faith, you will see that a new devotional series is being posted called “Help Meet by Design.” It’s basically designed around Genesis 2:18

Now the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a help meet suitable, adapted, complementary for him. - Genesis 2:18

I’ll be honest. It is very hard for me to be that woman. I am the woman that, when I feel unappreciated or anything remotely close to it, I become defensive instantly. I may not outwardly display this defensiveness, but I feel it and that’s all that really matters. What Lara says in the “Help Meet by Design” devotional series is that, even when our husbands don’t seem to deserve it, we should still fulfil our half of the marriage bargain and be the most amazing wife we know how to be. That’s hard. Bottom line. But, I thought it might help if I made a list of all the reasons why MY hubby does deserve my devotion and undying love…just as a reminder on those hard days.

  1. He loves me. We all have trouble expressing our love sometimes. It’s built into our nature now that we should be guarded at all times and never fully let anyone into our hearts. Well, I say PHOOEY on that idea. My hubby loves me. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t be at home watching boring TV with me every single night.
  2. He cooks for me. On top of that, he is teaching ME to cook, which is pretty major. He’s an amazing cook and I only wish we could afford to let him chase his dream of being a real restaurant cook/chef (someday we will).
  3. He loves our kids. There is nothing more amazing to me than a man who truly and unconditionally loves his kids. Every time my hubby looks at our girls, you can see in his eyes the absolute undying devotion he has to them. He would die for them and there is no doubt in my mind about that.
  4. He tries. This is more than I can say for myself sometimes. He really does put effort toward being a better husband, better father, better man. Of course he slips. We all do. But he TRIES and that’s about 1000% of the difficulty.
  5. He sings to me. Not well, mind you. But that’s kind of the beauty of it. If he were a good singer and he sang to me, it would just be showing off. But, because he’s not a good singer (sorry love), the fact that he sings to me shows me that he is comfortable enough around me to just let go and I love that.
  6. He is my very best friend. Sorry, Shannon, but it’s true. He knows all my secrets, my shames, my victories and my defeats. And he loves me in spite of them all. He has hugged me while I cried for lost loved ones. He has laughed at my stupidest of jokes (even if I forced him too).
  7. He is silly. To be in a relationship with me, he has to be absolutely out of his mind silly. I’m never going to fully grow up because that’s super boring and I need a man that can keep up with that. And someday I WILL win the licking wars. You mark my words.
  8. He thinks I’m beautiful. I’m still not sure if he’s just saying this or if he really believes it, but he says it and so I’ll take it. For some reason unbeknownst to me, this man sees the Mom Sexy in me. When he sees me as beautiful, it makes me feel beautiful and I think that’s amazing.
  9. He’s smart. And when I say smart, I mean smart. He might not know the square root of pi, but he knows so much real knowledge that it’s scary. If ever there is some bit of trivia I don’t know, I ask him. And he knows. Every time. (Although somtimes his answer is completely made up.)
  10. He’s sexy. I know you’re not supposed to love someone because of how they look, but this guy’s sexy. Maybe he’s not sexy to you (good), but he’s absolutely the sexiest man in any room any time if you ask me. His scrawny little body screams to me, baby.

So, the next time you’re not sure if you can make it through a lifetime with your husband (or wife), try making a list like this one to remind you of all the reasons why you loved him or her in the first place. (You might want to make the list when you’re not seething mad…I’m just sayin’).

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