• Faith,  Think

    mood.

    I didn’t grow up celebrating Advent. I vaguely remember getting things around Christmas where I could punch things out of cardboard and there would be prizes or candy inside, so I’m assuming that is what that was. I usually just opened them all at once, though. My understanding of Advent didn’t really surface until I was in Seminary.  Now that I am a mom, my husband, Justin, and I want to implement Advent as something that our daughter, Lucy, looks forward to every year. This is the build up to the celebration of the birth of our Savior. Now, of course we can take a deep dive into how Jesus…

  • Faith,  Life,  Lifestyle

    (I’m)Perfect

    Immediately after my first post declaring my challenge to write every day of Advent, I don’t write again for almost a week. I will say, it made for a great title, though, right? I am really digging the parenthasis lately.  Anyway, I’ll be honest, this post will be brief. I am exhausted. Partially from the insanity from the holidays, life in general, but a lot from the catatonic state my perfectionism has left me in recently. I have an on going to do list in my mind and if I think too much about it, I get so overwhelmed that I can’t move. It’s like that Kim Kardashian meme of…