A New Series: Seriously, Pinterest!?

Seriously, Pinterest!?

I'm all about crafting and creating and baking and all, but there are some things I see on Pinterest and I think to myself:
"Who in the WORLD has time for that!?"

I mean, I work full time, but I don't have kids yet, and I still cannot see myself doing these time intensive projects. Here's one I thought was extra ridiculous...unless you have 8 hours to make the dessert you are taking to your next Christmas party.

You need tweezers? I'm out.

Thanksgiving

When things aren't seeming to go your way, it is hard to be thankful in your circumstances. Of course, there is MUCH to be thankful for, which I cannot take for granted--my health, home, family, freedom, job and much more. But, when you are mourning a loss, or lacking hope, or dwelling in pain, it is hard to find comfort in being thankful for your current situation.  I certainly felt this way for the past two Thanksgivings, and so I've tried to focus on the "little" things to be thankful for.

Here's my Thankful list:

• sweet walks with Maggie
• cute fuzzy ear warmers
• coffee (specifically while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade)
• good books
• my ability to still run 3 miles after my race
• a clean house
• my favorite sweet potato recipe from my favorite second grade teacher, Mrs. Heigel
• Tom having 3 hours off to enjoy Thanksgiving
• a fully decorated house for Christmas
• sleep

I have many blessings to count, and although that doesn't take away pain or hurt, it brightens my soul a bit to dwell on God's goodness.

Truth

This past year I've been struggling with anger and despair and darkness. Sometimes when you are in such a dark place, you repel anything that has even the slightest bit of light. That is what I've been doing. But, in my recent hope, I've let a sliver of light in, and it is oh.so.beautiful. This song came on my Pandora station and usually I would "skip" it, but today I listened to the beauty and truth of the words and was overcome with the TRUTH.

When A Heart Breaks

Life isn't easy and it isn't clean, but BOY do we need Jesus.

Hope

Today I am feeling hopeful and thankful and peaceful. It may not last long, but it is how I'm feeling now. And, if I've learned anything in the past year, it is embrace the hope and the joy in the now. Don't linger on yesterday or tomorrow, but soak in the beauty that is in the present.



I'm listening to Thankful by Josh Groban. It is actually a song from his Christmas album, but it is fitting all year. We all have so many blessings in our life each day and I will cling to the hope and strength and be thankful today!

Honesty

I am by no means a blogger who has followers, but I was recently reading some of the blogs I follow and was so encouraged by their honesty. I was also very convicted.

Honesty. It isn't something we find too often on the internet. If all at. We hide behind Facebook profile pictures and Instagram'd life events and Twitter updates that make our lives seem perfectly put together, uncomplicated, and unbelievably joyful. But life isn't always like that. Often we are broken, depressed, dealing with complication and confusion.

I'm thankful for the honesty of these two bloggers that wrote exactly what I needed to hear yesterday: Across the Pond and Tales of Me and the Husband

Let's be honest with one another. I'll start.