Social Media Goodbye

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Happy Fall, and also, goodbye friends! 🍁 Ready for all the Fall changes, which leads me to share this big news…

Maybe it’s that my 40th is fast approaching and things that used to be important just aren’t anymore, maybe it’s that my kids are growing fast, or that this has been a season with lots of transition.

Maybe it’s that the last few years have put a lot of things - including what’s shared online - into perspective.

It’s 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 ever…

or maybe it’s that my heart just isn’t totally in it anymore.

…but I am signing off and saying goodbye to social media. 💕

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 decade…I wanted y’all to know.

Because this is goodbye from here. 😘

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 it’s come time.

I’m making this big change (along with my hair color apparently 💆🏼‍♀️💆🏻‍♀️)…and putting these things away, for I don’t know how long. Possibly and most likely for good. 💕

A few things:

I still have my oils business and may continue to share @simpleoilylife and also @oklahomaessentialoils . 🌿 (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! 💕

I will also share tips and sales and such, on my business website: www.simpleoilylife.com ✨

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Y’all are special and I’m grateful for what this space has meant to me over the years, and for the connection God has provided here!! Ill miss you. 🥹

Peace…and big, big blessings over each of you!!! 🙏🏻

ADOPTION DAY

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39 years ago today - after 6 weeks in foster care - I went home with the most amazing parents who said yes to adoption…something not as popular back in the 80’s. They were so brave! ❤️

I don’t think I’ve ever talked more about adoption as I have in this last year, bc of a post I shared last summer that went viral.

(It’s been such an unexpected blessing, because I know God used my story as a tool to help others…and for that I am so honored.)

As I’ve had more questions than ever before, I thought today - my Adoption Day, would be a perfect day to share more! ❤️

1. When did I find out I was adopted? I’ve just always known! My parents made it so normal that I don’t even remember being told! It was just a part of my life from the beginning. I applaud them for that.

2. No, I didn’t feel any “different” 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 weren’t 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. ❤️

4. It was a closed adoption. (Typical in the 80’s). 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 wasn’t til about 10 years later.

5. I met my birth mother and family about 13 years ago and it’s been a precious gift! That’s a whole other post. 💕

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.

That’s what my parents did so well. And that’s why this day in my life has always been so special. ❤️