TURKS & CAICOS
/The DREAMIEST place. 10/10 recommend!!
We rented the most beautiful home with two of our best couple friends, explored the island, ate amazing food, and even swam with dolphins in the open ocean.
By far the prettiest place I have ever seen!
Social Media Goodbye
/Happy Fall, and also, goodbye friends! π Ready for all the Fall changes, which leads me to share this big newsβ¦
Maybe itβs that my 40th is fast approaching and things that used to be important just arenβt anymore, maybe itβs that my kids are growing fast, or that this has been a season with lots of transition.
Maybe itβs that the last few years have put a lot of things - including whatβs shared online - into perspective.
Itβs also that I feel the intensity of the spiritual battle around us, and I want to lean in and be more present with Jesus than everβ¦
or maybe itβs that my heart just isnβt totally in it anymore.
β¦but I am signing off and saying goodbye to social media. π
Yep, Ive been known to take a break every now and then. And I know people get made fun of for announcing said breaks.
But for the sweet part of this community I have built here for the last decadeβ¦I wanted yβall to know.
Because this is goodbye from here. π
When I started blogging years ago, it was so different.
Being online was different, the community was different, my desire to share so openly was different, my family and time to spend online was different!
So itβs come time.
Iβm making this big change (along with my hair color apparently ππΌββοΈππ»ββοΈ)β¦and putting these things away, for I donβt know how long. Possibly and most likely for good. π
A few things:
I still have my oils business and may continue to share @simpleoilylife and also @oklahomaessentialoils . πΏ (and will still use my FB groups for my team)
I will blog every now and then, you can give your email here to stay connected! π
I will also share tips and sales and such, on my business website: www.simpleoilylife.com β¨
π
Yβall are special and Iβm grateful for what this space has meant to me over the years, and for the connection God has provided here!! Ill miss you. π₯Ή
Peaceβ¦and big, big blessings over each of you!!! ππ»
New hair who dis
/Itβs Fall. And lots of changes happening. So why not!? Thanks to Laili at Lollieβs Beauty Bar!!! Sheβs AMAZING!!
ADOPTION DAY
/39 years ago today - after 6 weeks in foster care - I went home with the most amazing parents who said yes to adoptionβ¦something not as popular back in the 80βs. They were so brave! β€οΈ
I donβt think Iβve ever talked more about adoption as I have in this last year, bc of a post I shared last summer that went viral.
(Itβs been such an unexpected blessing, because I know God used my story as a tool to help othersβ¦and for that I am so honored.)
As Iβve had more questions than ever before, I thought today - my Adoption Day, would be a perfect day to share more! β€οΈ
1. When did I find out I was adopted? Iβve just always known! My parents made it so normal that I donβt even remember being told! It was just a part of my life from the beginning. I applaud them for that.
2. No, I didnβt feel any βdifferentβ being adopted. I was actually very proud of that part of my story even at a young age. I remember even sharing it in class, when we would have to write about something that made us unique. I attribute that to my parents normalizing it for me.
3. I was in foster care because the adoption agency could not find my birth father to sign the papers. (Apparently his parents werenβt happy about things and had moved away.) BUT the cool thing is, is that I actually kept in touch with my foster parents for many years! We would go to a Christmas party at the adoption agency every year and see them there. β€οΈ
4. It was a closed adoption. (Typical in the 80βs). My dad got my records unsealed when I was in high school for various reasons. He gave them all to me to look at whenever I was ready to, which wasnβt til about 10 years later.
5. I met my birth mother and family about 13 years ago and itβs been a precious gift! Thatβs a whole other post. π
I get talked to often by people who have adopted or are fostering. Telling me that they hope their situation is beautiful like mine has been. It can be. You did the hard part by saying yes! God will lead you.
Pray over them. Normalize their uniqueness as an adopted child. Let them know they were CHOSEN.
Thatβs what my parents did so well. And thatβs why this day in my life has always been so special. β€οΈ