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Continue reading →: Moved to Substack
I decided recently to officially move over to Substack. I didn’t want to keep paying for WordPress, and I’m enjoying the community there. I have been off of Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok for two weeks so far (fasting for Lent), and this is the best I’ve ever felt mentally (especially…
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Continue reading →: I Understand Joy NowI used to think that joy = happiness. Then I would be frustrated when things continued to be chaotic, and I never felt “okay.” Change is a constant in our lives… as much as we would love for things to “settle down,” they never will. Life is messy. Raising kids/teens/young…
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Continue reading →: Living My Dream Life
Hey old friends! I haven’t been around as much these days because I write over on Substack. I was tired of paying for a plan here when Substack is free. I was able to work on this one to make it look decently nice without paying for anything (besides the…
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Continue reading →: ResistanceMy soul is worn. This is not depression but mental and emotional and spiritual exhaustion. The state of our country is terrifying. Everyone tells me not to pay attention. Let it go. Ignore it. Focus on what is in front of me. I can’t be complacent. I can’t look away.…
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Continue reading →: Questions for Reflection & Discernment and Processing 2025Looking Toward 2026 Less is more. That’s the thing. That’s my main take-away from 2025. Every year, Emily P. Freeman (podcaster and author) puts out “10 Questions for Reflection & Discernment,” and I love to answer these questions each year as a reflection of my previous year and the beginning…
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Continue reading →: Low Buy Year
I have been working on consistency in budgeting and keeping up with logging our expenses, and I’m seeing more and more how much I frivolously spend. My goal was to start by being aware, and my next step is to make changes. I ended up on the “no buy year”…
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Continue reading →: Beyond ThankfulThis morning, through the Lectio 365 app, we read the story (Luke 7:36-50) about the woman who was so humbled and grateful to be with Jesus that she wet his feet with her tears and poured an alabaster jar of oil/perfume on his feet. The Pharisees were like… if you…
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Continue reading →: Peace in the ChaosI 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…
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Continue reading →: Life is BittersweetFrom “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…
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Continue reading →: We Are Not in ControlAs 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…
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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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