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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: Beauty, Division, and UnityLife 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…
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Continue reading →: RestI 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…
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Continue reading →: Meal Plan for 9/1-9/7It 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…
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Continue reading →: So GratefulLast 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.…
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Continue reading →: Feeling More Grounded Than Ever BeforeA 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…
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Continue reading →: In All My MessinessI’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…
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Continue reading →: Exhausted but ContentThis past week or two has honestly been pretty tough. Mostly because I’m flat exhausted due to working so much. I have one more day of work, then I’ll have a day off. And the rest of the week is a bit lighter. In twelve days, I’ve had one day…
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Continue reading →: The Messy MiddleI’ve spent most of my adulthood going in between two extremes. There’s a lot behind this. Part of it is a trauma response… feeling like I need to fix myself. Some of it is because I’m constantly seeking dopamine due to a lack which means “shiny new things” are always…
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Continue reading →: My Dream LifeI’ve been writing on Substack, and I don’t think I like it. It feels much less like ME and less personal. I don’t know why it feels that way. Maybe because I’ve had this blog for a lot of years! But anyway. I think I’m going to write here again.…
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Welcome to Simply Courtney! I am a wife of 22 years, mom of 2 teens and one young adult, and an Assistant Food Service Director at a Christian camp. 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, homeschooling my high school student, organizing and planning, cooking and baking, and so much more!
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