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Saying Yes

I wanted to say yes so many times. I remember thinking we have the time to do some of the things we wanted to do but we didn’t have the money. Or we’d have the money but not the time. It just never seemed to work out to where we had both.

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Putting Lessons Learned to Good Use

Little by little, this was the beginning of us thinking more about time and less about money.

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Take Vacations

TAKE VACATIONS!! You can always earn more money, but you can never earn back the time.

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Where Miracles Happen

As we continued to work hard and reach our goals, we were praying like never before. For the first time in years, we not only prayed hard, but we prayed with each other.

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The Backstory

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

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Welcome to the Unbinded Life

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.

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Our Church Pew

There is no doubt we are facing times none of us could have ever imagined.

But we are also faced with some new opportunities.

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Opposites Attract

The truth is, opposites might attract but that is not what keeps us together.

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What I Have Learned

As we look ahead into the unknown, they want to know how to have faith they can make it on their own. They need to know I know they can, and that “I learned it from you!”

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One Job

I have realized that in this life, we really only have one job. We have one single job to do and that is to get ourselves, our spouses, and our kids into heaven. That’s it. One job.

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Be Who They See

And I loved the reminder she left for me. The truth is, she reminded me to just be her mom.

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Perfect Parenting

There is no such thing as perfect parenting.

If you are in doubt, I can assure you that if there were such a thing, whoever came up with it would be a gajillionaire right now! We would have all read the book, we would have all listened to the podcast, and we would have all attended the weekend-long event. But that hasn’t happened because there is no such thing.

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YOLO

“You only have one life to live.” Think about that. You only have one life. That’s it. And it’s the one you are living.

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Cherished Moments

I may not remember every party, or every “first,” but I am telling you now, I will remember all the times my girl and I got to rock and rock.

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Take a Vacation

To me, it’s like family team building. It’s the one chance I have to focus on nothing other than my husband and my kids and the fun things we can see and experience together.

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Take A Break

I have chosen to focus on my husband, to focus on my kids, and to focus on myself.

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To the Dads

I see the dads. The selfless, hard-working, tired, fun, loving, strong, gentle dads.

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Love Is Waiting

One day I thought, love is WAITING. Like, “love is patient, love is kind”…love is waiting.

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How Do You Know?

The truth is, it’s those yucky, sucky, nose-goes moments that show you what true love really is.