About
In 2008 we set off on a cross country trip in a pink campervan. Brad built a fancy-for-that-time blogging site and we viewed that as our job while we were on the trip. We wrote about our adventures, the ways we encountered God, what we learned, and unfortunately we added a side or two of complaining about what we thought was wrong with the church. Like all red blooded 21 and 22 year olds, we had it all figured out.
I didn’t grow up wanting to write and didn’t even think I could. Sure I wrote plenty of papers and essays in school, but writing for an audience other than a professor wasn’t on my radar. My gifting was photography, and that’s what I did while we traveled. But I also pushed myself out of my comfort zone and began writing and publishing some of my experiences. Brad gave me lots of tips along the way, ones that have forever shaped the way I put words onto a page.
Back in the golden age of blogs the comment section of Simply One Life was fairly active. Family and friends were interested to see where we landed week by week (and likely wanted make sure we were still alive!).
I remember one of my first posts received a comment along the lines of, “Please keep writing, I really appreciate your perspective”.
Even though Brad is the gifted writer, that comment helped me to see that I also had a voice and unique outlook to share with the world.
I’ve written about living in the inner city and in the country. I’ve written about motherhood and homesteading and homeschooling.
I wrote about owning a restaurant and moving my grandma in with us. I wrote about new babies being born and the exhaustion and beauty in it all.
And here I am, still writing. Still making time to live my faith and share my life. Jesus is the connector of all my writing, and the One who holds me together.
I invite you into this space because I feel like God has given me a unique and important perspective on the world. I believe He’s given you one, too, so please write back and let me know what you find beautiful and good in your own life.
The more we focus on the good things in the world, the more we will see how good life really is.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Phillipians 4:8
