Desire for Food vs. Desire for God

It’s no secret that I’ve dealt a lot with food, I’ve shared a lot about my food/weight struggles. Food has been a comfort to me in times of bad, and good. It has been something that I use knowing that I have full control on what I eat and how much I eat. Unfortunately, food is something that brings me great peace, and happiness….

Dealing with Depression

What is my Identity?

Recently I’ve been struggling with my identity. Who am I? Who am I outside of a wife, mom, Pastor’s wife, sister, friend, daughter. I struggle with knowing who I am, and what I am meant to do. I sometimes feel like I’m useless and I’m not contributing to our family, or really anything. I’m a stay-at-home mom. That’s it. Every day I wake up,…

Weight Loss Journey Update

One thing that I really can’t stand is when I feel like I have failed. I may not have failed, but I may think that I have. When I get that feeling, it’s so hard for me to shake it off. (Que Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off song!) When I get in the feeling of failing, I automatically give up whatever I’m trying to…

Having Patience

If you ask my husband what is one word to describe me the best, I’m pretty sure that word wouldn’t be patient. Not that he would ever mean that in a mean way, but my patience runs very, very low. I’ve always been a person who wanted fast results. I hate waiting for things to arrive, and I hate when things take so long….

The Importance of a Healthy Mindset

Most of you know that 5 weeks ago, I started this new health journey. It hasn’t been easy at all, but it has been rewarding. In 5 weeks I’ve lost 20lbs and 2oz. If I was comfortable enough with telling you my starting weight, then you’d understand why this is an enormous accomplishment for me! However, there have been some major struggles that I’ve…

Learning to deal with Emotions

I have never been one who could handle emotions well. I get overwhelmed easily, and I shut down. Emotions, especially negative ones, really scare me. My emotions range from all different things. Cravings for foods that I can’t eat on this new health journey, my kids not being treated fairly by friends, anxiety different things, the constant feeling of depression, and so much more….

Weight Loss Journey

This isn’t a typical post that I would go for, because it’s something very personal to me, and something that I’m quite sensitive about. However, I decided this might be one way for me to stay accountable on this journey. I figured, why not bring you guys along on it? This will not turn into a wellness blog, or anything like that, but I…

Relying on the Promises of God: Part Two

Welcome back, friends! I know that once again; it has taken me a bit of time to get out another post. But any parents know how difficult it can be with kids! Thankfully, the Lord has given me the strength I need to push through, and the ability to sit down and write to you all! I wanted to get the part two of…

Being Strong in the Lord!

I know that I’m supposed to go on with Part 2 of Relying on the Promises of God, but I wrote this one instead. Part 2 will be next! I believe that sometimes we’re meant to go through some challenges in order to help others. This week has been a tough week for myself and my family. Our middle daughter spiked a very high…