A View Through A Different Window

Is it me, or whenever something bad happens people are quick to tell you that it is part of God's will and God will never give you more than you can handle. I do not believe that God wills bad things to happen to us. I believe bad things happen and it is God's will for us to rise up and lean on Him and trust him in the hard times. Nowhere in the bible does it say God will never give you more than you can handle. In 2017 my family has been given more than we can handle.  We have experienced life, death, happiness, fear, tragedy and triumph. Throw in a new business for Sean and an unusual year for me at work and we have experienced it all!  The one thing Sean and I have been is true to ourselves. What you saw with us on any given day is what you got- the good, the bad, the happy the sad. We have never pretended to be something we are not. I've been very transparent the past three months with my life with mental illness. My transparency and openness came with a price. I have f...

At our house the Fall is our busiest time of year.  Work is always busy at the beginning of a school year for me, and Sean is busiest from August-November.  You throw in back to school, activities, 3 birthdays and a soon to be new baby and we are all busy!  I have a lot of my plate right now, and I am better when my plate is full and I have jobs and tasks that need to be completed.  So many people ask me how I do it all- working for athletics, a husband who owns his own business, a 3rd grader with two activities, a 3 year old who is along for the ride, and church activities.  There are days I definitely feel like I don't have it all together and I am just surviving.  Then there are the days that everyone is clicking and rolling in the same direction and we make it through the day with everybody happy!  Stress is a part of life- everyone experiences it more than they want to.  It is how you deal with the stress that determines your happiness. ...