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  • Peace in the Chaos

    Peace in the Chaos

    I have felt too overwhelmed to put thoughts into words. I have felt like my words wouldn’t matter or even make sense. I have been too overloaded mentally to process through the chatter in my head. I am finally feeling some mental and emotional space, so I thought I would give it a shot. I…

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  • Life is Bittersweet

    Life is Bittersweet

    From “The View Between Villages” by Noah Kahan “Passed Alger Brook Road, I’m over the bridgeA minute from home but I feel so far from itThe death of my dog, the stretch of my skinIt’s all washin’ over me, I’m angry againThe things that I lost here, the people I knewThey got me surrounded for…

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  • We Are Not in Control

    We Are Not in Control

    As moms, from the moment we find out we are pregnant, we want to protect our babies. We want them to thrive. We have dreams of who they will become as older kids, teenagers, and adults. We have an idea in our minds of how that will look from the moment they are born. We…

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  • 9 Years Sober and My Beautiful Life

    Today I’m celebrating 9 years (3287 days) of sobriety. I am in the same place that I was 9 years ago when I decided to take myself to rehab (my parents’ house). Robert was out of town, and the kids and I were visiting my parents. I got drunk the night before (the 11th) as…

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  • Sacred Unraveling

    SACRED. Holy. Set apart. Divine. UNRAVELING. Threads loosening. Coming undone. Letting go. Surrender. Through the mess of unraveling, I have developed a deeper relationship with the person of Christ. He has been right there with me as I have been learning who I am and slowly lowering the mask that I have been wearing my…

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  • One day, things will settle down… right?

    Things have felt like they were falling apart the past week or so. I can’t really go into details, but I thought things were so much better with one of my kids, and I found out that that was further from the truth. Things have been very very hard. Ethan is probably going to do…

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I’m Courtney

Welcome to Simply Courtney! I am a wife of 22 years, mom of 3 (16, 18, and 20), and I am a 6th grade teacher at a hybrid school. I am passionate about many things, and I enjoy writing about them all! Jesus, mental health, nutrition and fitness, adventure and nature, chickens and gardening, organizing and planning, cooking and baking, and so much more!

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