This past week Clay and I cleaned out his room. He has a friend moving into it, so he is moving into his other roommate’s room for these last few months. Needless to say,...
“I will climb this mountain with my hands wide open.” – Will Reagan, Nothing I Hold on to Last night I had a breakdown. You know the kind – the snotty, messy, “ugly cry” kind of...
Being engaged is hard. That’s the conclusion I have come to. Yes, it is wonderful beyond compare. But it is not the easiest time. Last night I drove Clay back to his place after...
Stress. Life is full of it. This week I am feeling the stress of wedding planning. I feel as if Clay and I have been running around like crazy people hardly able to find...
There is a season for everything in life. Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us “there’s a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” I am currently in a season of wedding planning...
“Hard times put the shine into the diamond, but I won’t let that keep us in the ground.” – Steve Moakler, Riser Clay and I saw one of my favorite artists, Steve Moakler, perform at the Hotel...
This week is Christmas week. We are spending it with Clay’s family. This will be the first Christmas I have not spent with my family in all my 30 years of life. It’s a...
I’m an idealist. I’m a dreamer. I’m a perfectionist. I conjure up in my mind exactly how I want my life and experiences in it to go, but they often don’t work out as...
This past Sunday Clay and I had made plans to register at Pottery Barn and pick out our first Christmas tree. (We won’t live together until we are married, but it’s still our first tree...
This day was anything but ordinary. If you’d like to read our engagement story, you may do so here! But today, I am going to talk about the night Clay and I first made plans to...
