Goin big time!

ohhhhhh!!!! Let me just tell you,  I AM EXCITED!!
So this weekend will involve: black dresses high heals gettin' purdy bringin' sexy back night out yummy food conversation gettin' real extreme laughter waking early tutus neon knee socks bright colors thousands of people happiness silliness memories
Stoked? Yeah, that's an understatement!!! See ya next week my friends!!
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Reality is always extraordinary...take a look at mine

Happy Wednesday Friends!!  Today we're just going to go visual. I'm not going to talk much aside from just introducing what these photos are and why they are just rad to me!! I mentioned a few weeks ago that Jay and I had a photo shoot in our home. Sure we could have gone out to a field, been out at the beach or done something like that, but I wanted some photos to reflect the reality of our life....and the truth of our life is that Jay and I do a lot of life at home. Most of my memories with him are not during the times when we were out having a grand adventure, but more so they are the times when we're just doing life together at home. It's real life, and to me there is nothing more beautiful.  I came across a quote from Mary Ellen Mark a while ago that says,  Reality is always extraordinary I couldn't agree more. When you look, there is beauty in all of our moments.  You just have to look with your heart.

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What I think about being stripped

{Doin' what I do!}

Recently while I was out taking some alone time I chuckled to myself as I thought and realized that once again I'm being refined....stripped. Recently I've lost many of the comforts my life once had.

 Do I love it...not exactly no, but I love what I know is coming out of it. I can already see it.

 Imperfectly Perfect Grace started because a few years ago I went through a pretty rough time where housing and money was scarce...Like I had no house and no money! What that time taught me was to appreciate the smallest of blessings and more so to appreciate my time and the people around me. 

Well I guess that I needed to learn this lesson on a deeper level, and I am. At a time when parts of my heart are broken and in the process of healing, my heart is more full than it's ever been because I'm choosing to see those "small" things of life as

 THE THINGS of life.

Crazy things like nail polish, birds chirping, people smiling, sunny skies, yummy food make my heart sing! 

A phone call or a text message, an email from a friend fills me. Love fills me. Seeing love, giving love and experiencing love puts me over the top! 

The list of "things" that I "need" from life continues to dwindle. 

Just give me a way to love and be loved and give me people. 

If I get a cute outfit somewhere in there, that will be extra awesome! 

You want the honest truth... if you're going by my bank account balance I'm b-roke! Like no money broke...

but my heart is so rich! Corny, maybe? ...but I'm full and I'm thankful, so thankful! 

I shared with you recently that cooking is something that I love doing! I love it, it's my time to create! 

Last week I cooked two yummy things just for me. Enchaladas, which you would have seen if you follow

 me on Instagram, and these yummy stuffed peppers! 

And now let's move on to this...

We all love our kids. I'm no different. Ohh but lately, I'm relishing in the tiny things more and more. Jay's first smile of the morning, hearing the way he cracks up when he sees something fun on T.V, he loves laughing! Watching his big blue eyes express things as he's telling me a story. Listening to him read to me or tell me how cute a baby is! 

 I love being with this kid, every single day. Each moment. I love it.  

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