Dusting & Cleaning of a Hashtag.

(Are we friends on Instagram? @ GloriousWithin)

In case you haven't quite figured out my love of photography yet, its obvious that Instagram & I are practically long lost friends.

I love sharing life through pictures. 

So here are a really really small few of my week.

I may even dust off break out the 

#gloriousangelmoments

hashtag as its Fall and this Summer girl needs encouragement. 

See you over there! And Happy Weekend friends! 

Having a Presence. In Real Life.

I am going to stop apologizing for being absent here in this space. Every time I login I feel the need to say how sorry I am for not being here. But honestly, I'm not all that sorry. You see I have been making a choice for several months now. 
One that involves saying yes more. After reading this post by Casey Wiegand, this one by my sweet friend Brit and this one by sweet Nicole. All these beautiful ladies have voiced what I have been feeling the past few months and why being on here has just not fit in with the time I have available.


I have been saying yes more. To real life. To people the Lord has placed around me for the here and now. To those who I wanted to get to know more at our church but perhaps didn't have time because I was heading home to blog. To those trips we wanted to take and haven't been able to before. To time with my husband in the middle of our busy weeks. To the two precious babies who I care for during the week. I have been saying yes, to real life. 


Because one thing I have learned in my transitory life is that in a very short space of time, we could be living somewhere else and called to another place. And I don't want to miss the opportunities in this place. The times where I could be a part of the body of Christ physically. Part of a real life community with all its ups and downs, experiencing the messy parts together.
I love this online community, but I don't want it to replace my real life presence where the Lord has me. 


So I will (hopefully) stop apologizing. I will still be here in and out. Hopefully more than I have been lately. But for now....I am enjoying real life. Where God has placed me.
Experiencing family time with extended families which happens once a year or less.  

Much Love!

L

  

Beauty in Ordinary.

The crunchy leaves continued to fall today littering the sidewalk creating a blanket of fall colors. Nothing particularly eventful happened. Much needed rest.

More contemplation of events from the conference and the promise of writing about some of them soon. 

Chubby arms wrapped themselves around my neck this afternoon as we headed to the library to read the best picture books we could find and peruse the movie collection.

There was discipline, potty training, love and an evening with the hubby watching A Knights Tale on Netflix. 

Living the mundane and being thankful for those small moments. 

Making me thankful for those moments where we are able to get away and enjoy being in each others company & thankful for the things we do have. 

Even if its just grabbing a drink at Starbucks together.

Much Love,

L