I love giving stuff away. This week I am giving away two Encouragement Print Packs! I bundled three of my favorite prints together because they're encouraging to me; they're hopeful, powerful, and uplifting.

books for the year 2014

About this time last year, I was very unhappy with myself because I had not read a book in a long, long while. I kept buying books, and writing titles down to read later but never made time to actually read one. Shameful. One day I had enough of myself and vowed that I would read! Read until I was sick of reading! That fate has not befallen me and instead, I have found some of the greatest satisfaction reading titles that have been sitting on my bookshelves for years who have patiently waited their turn to be picked up and read.

04.28.14 [one year anniversary]

I've been married to Jacob for one year. I was given a lot of advice when we were wed on Sunday, April 28, 2013.

This advice was written down and given to me by the friends and family that surrounded us on our wedding day. I think about these a lot, if only to chuckle about the inordinate amount of pop culture quotes on that list of advice.

It's fairly easy to apply some of that advice when you love somebody. Serving each other is both intentional and habitual simultaneously. The fights are uncomfortable but resolved quickly. I've eaten plenty of crow and apologized on more than one account. We haven't gotten a dog yet but we're thinking on it.

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