We never dreaded a day, not even a Monday, when we were on vacation.


We wanted that life—a life we could live like we were on vacation.

So dream. Dream big and say that dream out loud.

And that’s when I would get most uncomfortable because I didn’t believe this vision actually existed—that it could ever be a reality. It’s like I didn’t believe people could have the life they truly wanted. I was full of fear and doubt and I didn’t want to talk about it.

Today, we count our blessings that we decided to put a stake in the ground, give ourselves permission to seek a life of freedom, and relentlessly pursue all we had ever dreamed of.

This is the part of the story where fear and worry could have started creeping in. But this is the part of the story where we put faith in front of fear and we moved forward anyway.

I didn’t believe that we could just set out to create a life and what we pictured could actually exist.

But, even though I couldn’t see it, I was willing to work towards it.

What is your heart telling you to do? How worth it would you say it is to listen to that little voice inside you and take action to do what it says?

Really, this is not a story about moving to the mountains. This is a story about having the faith that could move mountains.

For two years we waited until finally we had to ask ourselves, wait for what? What exactly were we waiting for?

We couldn’t come up with a good answer.

We decided to choose a place we wanted to be and to live a life we wanted to live.

We are so glad we gave ourselves permission to pursue the freedom our hearts desired.

I didn’t know how. I didn’t know when. But I knew I wanted to hike the snow-covered Parkway.

Here we are just a few months later.

We learned we had to communicate about our finances, we had to look at the ugly mess we were in, and we had to be on the same page and work together.

This is the place where we were led.

This is the house we will call home.

We would say all of the things we want, all of the things we want to do, all of the things we want to be.

I am reminded that when we take that first leap, we don’t need to know where we will land. We don’t have to see the other side, we just need faith that there is another side.

Our absolute favorite part of this entire story is that we gave ourselves permission to dream.

Our lives have taken quite a drastic turn since then, but we realize it has been an ongoing small, gentle tug in this direction.

Unbinded Life has come to us as a way to express what we are thinking, what we are feeling and what we are now doing…freeing ourselves from the things that keep us held down.

How do we ensure we are saying yes to what God truly intends for us to do?