My mission is to provide you with inspiration and encouragement to live everyday to it's fullest. I do this by sharing the simple things in life such as recipes to the most difficult of things such a life. We all know life is a struggle and many days a balancing act, but I am here to inspire you to do it well. Everything I write about is designed to inspire as well as encourage you to be a "better" you that you can be. Everything I share is raw and real. I do not cover up or sugar coat what I write about. This would benefit no one. My goal is for you to walk away feeling uplifted and encouraged after leaving my page. Lastly, I am here to remind you that you are… enough and beautiful… just the way you are.
My day has come to an end which means the end of a very long week is here as well. I am not sure I have much encouraging to do tonight but I wanted to stop by before I closed out my day.
I hope your week went okay, as for me, I have seen many who have struggled to get through. They have struggled to get one foot in front of the other, but perseverance won. They have all survived and got to the end of the week. Thankfully the weekend is here now and the time to relax and recuperate has arrived.
My friend, I hope you are able to get caught up on some much-needed sleep and free your mind of all the busyness that has kept it spinning out of control. Stop and free your mind and body from the bondage that had it controlled this week. Slow down and breathe. Invest in yourself as well as those you love. Take some time to rejuvenate your relationships to keep them blooming and do not forget to invest in yourself as well so you can go into the week feeling a little more refreshed than what you may have gone into this week with.
With all of this being said, I need to take my own advice and shut my mind down and close up shop for the day. I need to do the same and rejuvenate to prepare for a new week as well.
Goodnight Friends. Tomorrow will be here soon and hopefully, God will instill in me something encouraging again for you all. Until I return, Goodnight!
I am a wife, mom, and daughter. I served in the United States Army, went to college, received a Batchelor's Degree in Criminology, homeschooled my daughter every year from start to finish, and now I am currently a daycare teacher's aide (soon to be a two-year-old teacher coming this fall).
I married my husband when he was in the United States Army so I have the unique knowledge of what it is like to be on both sides of a Military uniform.
While we were stationed in Germany, my daughter, who is 24 years old now, was born and I made the difficult decision to put my career on hold to be her mom.
The past 20 years have been wrought with many struggles but as a result of those struggles, this blog was created.
As the years passed and the struggle kept coming, I would say, "I'm not sure why we have to go through all of this, but if we have to then it is my desire to allow my story to serve as a means of encouragement to others so all this pain isn't for nothing."
The years passed and the struggles did not. However, I feel now is the time God wants me to share these stories of hardships with the hopes they provide encouragement to you if you are struggling in the same way. It is my prayer they will serve as a healing opportunity for you.
I want you to know you are not alone. There are others who know where you are and what you are feeling.
Cling to the hope this won't last forever and that God is standing beside you while He holds you up and dries your tears. He is showing you the way, you just need to follow Him.
Big Hugs, Heidi
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