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Just another picture of #HildeInTheAir 🙌🏻 Th

Just another picture of #HildeInTheAir 🙌🏻 This photo was taken the first day of the year but I was feeling so yuck my last week's of pregnancy that I completely forgot about it. Too good not to share! Here's to 2020! ✌🏻

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Still in love with these ❤️🍩! Does anyone else just buy things because they're pretty? Like branding, packaging, design wins me over everytime! (PS: Not sponsored but I wish it was 😂)

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My blue eyed beauty 💙

BEFORE & AFTER 🙌🏻 this is the first before a

BEFORE & AFTER 🙌🏻 this is the first before and after I've posted here on Instagram of our home! It's so fun to see how far we've come since we bought it! 😂

Welcome to the living room ( The first room you see when you walk into our house!) These photos were actually taken at a similar time of day but obviously the after feels much brighter! We took out bushes that were blocking the light from coming in the windows and painted everything bright white which bounces the light! Plus our furniture does more for the space than the heavy black workout equipment 🤷🏼‍♀️ We also put in new floors (that unite the house) & no more popcorn ceilings! 🍿The only thing still missing is baseboards but we will get to them one day!
PS: On the blog I'm sharing the DIY for this statement photo wall!

ANOTHER SNOW DAY❄️ This winter is sure shaping

ANOTHER SNOW DAY❄️ This winter is sure shaping up to be a white one and I don't hate it one bit!
#HildeJoy & I got out for some fun mama/ daughter snow play while Millie took a nap! Now that I have two kids, I cherish our one-on-one time! ❤️

I am not enough. Yikes! The mantra these days is t

I am not enough. Yikes! The mantra these days is that we are enough, we can do anything, we deserve good things, and self love. While I like the idea of a lot of that, the truth is I am not enough. I cannot do all the things. I don't deserve good things ( the wages of sin is death.) And the greatest commandment - love God, love others requires me putting God & others before myself.
When I champion the phrase " I / you am/are enough." I set us up for disappointment. Because I'm not all the things for all the people and all the situations. I fail daily at motherhood, at friendships, at marriage, at work, and at housekeeping ( see that giant pile of laundry?!) I need Christ! But not being enough isn't a sad thing. We are not enough on our own but God assigns us value & worth. We cannot achieve perfection, but God is perfect. We are not strong enough in our own power, but God is our strength. No amount of good deeds can ever make me holy, but God makes me holy. So while on my own I'll always fail in reaching perfection, in Christ I can REST in His GRACE knowing my identy doesn't like in my achievements. I can LOVE bigger because Christ lives & loves in me. I can trust that when abiding in Christ, I will be enough.
So while the heart of " you are enough" is to empower and encourage. We miss the mark when we leave out Christ! So today rest in the truth that you are not enough but God is! There is freedom in living in Him. Trusting Him to be the fullness. Trusting Him to give you purpose & meaning. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to achieve, achieve, achieve.
PS: there is a difference between self-care and self love. Self care helps you love other beter and takes care of the one body you have been given here on Earth. And self love says you are the most important person - putting yourself first in all things.

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