Natalie is Three!

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Fall in Abundance

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Truth {Five Minute Friday}

Truth is harder and harder to identify these days. Maybe it is because of the vast wealth of information available to us, maybe it is because the adversary is working so hard to hide the truth.
Maybe it is because the truth isn't always very popular. And sometimes it is hard not to be popular.
But truth does not change. It is is not swayed by majority votes or endorsments. Truth is is not a fad, not a trend, not a marketing ploy.
Truth is happiness. It is how we become our best selves and shape our brightest future. There is so much truth to be found in this great world. Hope, faith, and charity encourage and embody truth. I am blessed by truth, the greatest source of which is the Savior, Jesus Christ. His restored gospel is on the earth today and it is truth.

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Many, many new posts

I keep forgetting to update this blog. We have Isla at 15 months, Natalie in preschool (and potty-trained!), a Charlottesville getaway, etc.

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Five Minute Friday

I discovered a new blog today and was inspired to follow directions to write for just five minutes. No editing, no over-thinking, just writing. I'm scared to put this up here. I haven't written, really, in a long time and I'm never public about my writing. I like to pour over the details and edit, edit, edit. Even then I make my husband read it before I I'd let anyone else near it. Not today. I'm being brave. I know this isn't really such a scary thing, but for me it kind of is. The prompt is "Last".

Go.

Last but not least. That is how I've been thinking about myself recently. And even though it sounds like I'm being a martyr, I don't mean it that way at all. I just mean that since becoming a mother almost three years ago, my life has become a lot less about, well, me, and more about the two little girls that have become my shadows. They are more than just my shadows though. They are also my light and my purpose, my frustration and my joy. My every-waking-moment and my thoughts when I'm in bed and thinking about doing it all again tomorrow.

At some point I realized I was coming in last. Not losing, just coming in last on the long list of priorities that fill the pages of my day planner. I was craving a creative outlet, which is a little interesting considering I never done something more literally creative than conceive, bear and tend to two gorgeous little girls. But something creative just for me. Something all my own. So I've been playing with my camera more and blogging more and writing in my journal more. It seemed larger creative pursuits were a little beyond the scope of my time-restraints. It seems all I do for me has to happen after the girls are in bed. Or while they are watching the iPad as I furiously type these words. But I think that is why I like this so much. Maybe I have found a new creative outlet. Because I have five minutes every Friday, or at least I can create five minutes while PBS kids plays in the background. For five minutes I will not be last, because I know I am worth more than the least. 

Stop.

June Recap

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So many new posts!

All about Isla's birthday, as well as family pictures from Grandmother Black's memorial service and hanging out with the Russ' extended family around town.

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