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  • Beauty, Division, and Unity

    Life is weird. I am simultaneously in the best season of my life, AND I’m also wrestling with a lot of deep stuff. My anxiety and depression are managed at the moment. I have days in which I have some anxiety, but it’s no longer the 24/7 hell that I lived through for so many…

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  • Rest

    Rest

    I didn’t mention this in a post, but a few weeks ago, I ended up in the ER due to having severe chest pain. They ran a ton of tests to see if it was a heart issue or a blood clot. Everything was perfect. A few days later, I followed up with my primary…

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  • Meal Plan for 9/1-9/7

    Meal Plan for 9/1-9/7

    It has been a LONG TIME since I’ve shared our meal plans. Honestly, meal planning is a bit complicated now since I work in the kitchen. My schedule is kind of all over the place, and we eat some meals in the dining hall. I’m trying to eat much healthier now, so even when I…

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  • So Grateful

    So Grateful

    Last year, I thought I had been “healed” for a bit. But my mental health was still VERY up and down. This time last year, I was slipping back into depression. I was looking at old posts yesterday (and old journal entries). I also experienced severe anxiety all last summer. Then I was severely depressed,…

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  • Feeling More Grounded Than Ever Before

    A lot has happened since my last post. It wasn’t even super long ago… Something very hard took place a little over a week ago, and I can’t really talk about it here. But it ended up growing one of my kids in a positive way, and growing our family as well. The more I…

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  • In All My Messiness

    I’m feeling a bit messy today. Not physically, but in my brain. I have the day off which I have needed so desperately, but now I feel like I need to solve all of my problems in one day. I haven’t had time or energy to focus on the things in my life that I…

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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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