Tuesday, August 5, 2014. It might be helpful to do so before reading this post. These might not be the best words, but they are true, and they are for you, the broken-hearted, from someone who knows. Well, but how deeply I regret any sadness you have suffered and how grateful I am in anticipation of any good you have enjoyed. That is to say, I pray for you.

Just an ordinary girl living an extraordinary life. I set out in 2016 to record much more of my life, my experiences, and my thoughts in this blog. And then I got pregnant. And it was so, so, so much harder than I anticipated or, really, could have prepared for. So I spent the better part of last year honestly just trying to survive.

Do you have what it takes to be. What is The World Race? Grand Rapids, MI. Knowing the who before the what.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. How to have peace in the storm. As I was reading a section on faith I was inspired but also terrified. I knew I wanted that, but at the same time I felt as if God was saying that a season of faith was on the horizon. For the rest of August, I continued to believe He was giving me the heads up! In the next day or two it began to get stormy.