Be You

If you're content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty. 

Matthew 23:12

Hi there! I am so happy you stopped by this little part of my world, where I share bits of my life. Everything from my husband and kids, to decorating and creating, to whatever else I feel like sharing. This blog is meant to inspire in as many ways as possible. It is my heart to have you leave here ready to try something new, step into something great, love on your special people or just look a little closer at the beauty around you for what God wants to speak to you. 

A little about me....I am wife to an incredibly handsome guy named Brandon...I know, I know- they all say that. I really mean it. Together we serve our church here in San Antonio. He is a full time associate pastor and I support and believe in him with everything I have. It is our heart to work in the ministry side by side, to reach the lost and hurting of this world. He still gives me butterflies. He knows me better than anyone and loves me best of all. He is my polar opposite, my perfect balance. 

I am mama to 3 precious gifts from heaven. Asher, Bella and Mia. They keep my life busy and my heart full of thankfulness and joy. You will read more about them in my letters to them that I like to keep here. They are ways for me to capture time and memories with them. 


I have always had a strong sense of living in the "now." From as far back as I can remember, I've been aware of moments and times I wanted to cherish forever. I believe that quality carried me through some of both my darkest and happiest moments.

I love my bed. I really do. I love hot baths and cold sheets. I love to read. I love to write. But I don't consider myself a "writer". Writers never misuse their, there, or they're. And writers know proper punctuation and grammar. Those are not my strong suits. 

 What I am good at, I suppose,  is communicating. I never seem to struggle in conveying how I feel and that is exactly what you will find here....my heart, wide open. 

Sometimes this is hard for me. Sometimes I struggle. Sometimes I feel like I share too much. Sometimes I feel like I share too little. Sometimes I want to walk away. 

But then God in His gentle way reminds me this has nothing to do with me and all to do with Him. I do this to reach, to connect, and to testify of God's goodness and glory. 

I've walked through some fire in my life, but I have come through stronger, softer, more full of joy and with a love for people that I can not explain. I simply hope to show it. 

I eat my ice cream with a fork and I brush my teeth in the shower. My sisters are my best friends. I love Target and I adore hydrangeas. I don't prefer long walks on the beach but I do like laying on them.

Basically, I'm just a girl who desires nothing more than to live this life God gave me in full. But not just for myself. For my husband, my children, my babies in heaven, my family, friends and those who are hurting, seeking and needing. I want to live for them. Always aware of their hearts, needs, wants, goals, dreams and just plain show them God's love living through me. 

And I want to do that by just being me. Who God created me to be. Using the gifts and talents he supplied me with to do it. 

I think too many people struggle with who they are and who they were meant to be. I think that leads to too many people trying to be someone they aren't. Thinking they have to be like something or someone else. The truth is you don't. The truth is that God designed each of us different and unique for a reason and a purpose. And if we are too busy comparing, competing, or copying, then we will never realize our own fullest potential. 

So the simplest thing to be is, you. Because no one else can be. And because God has a special and different plan for you.   So just be you. 

This little part of my world- this blog, is me. 

I hope you stick around and say hello. I would love to meet you, talk with you and get to know you!