Confessions of A Borderline introvert/extrovert

 Heelllooo.

I’m Courtney, you can call me Coco, if you want.  Like  my friends  do.

And yes, I am a borderline introvert/extrovert.  You might think the way that I share sometimes that I’m anything but outgoing.  But in fact, it’s true.

I might be open and real at times, but my goal is never “Here, look at my life! Isn’t it extraordinary!”   My goal is to share,  because it might help someone look at their life and think theirs is pretty swell too!

I’m a wife and mom  and have been both for long enough to know that there are no experts, only the  experienced.   My kids are little, but this is not my first rodeo.  I have over twenty years experience  under my belt as a nanny.     I like to  joke that I feel more like a grandma  than anything.   In my mid- forties now (!!) I’m getting just enough new grey hairs to prove it.

  This journey in motherhood is complicated and one of the  most transformative experiences someone can go through.  I’m super passionate about everything that means for us women.   From how we change, how our families change, and how everything we do changes us too.  Motherhood is marathon.

I know a bit about those too.  I’ve run over eight and even have couple of Ironman triathlons under my belt.  The overlap of life lessons is not lost to me .

I always wanted to be a journalist, but took a hard right before graduation and went to bible college instead.  I wanted to pursue a life of ministry, or at least felt that was what was calling me.  A ministry of caring for families and children was a path set for me, and I feel like I’m still walking in my unique calling, even as the particulars change.

Now, all these years later, I’m seeing how it all fits together.  I’m still writing, and I understand the truth that our whole life is our ministry.   I have HUGE a passion for seeing other people walk in the freedom of their calling, too.

Above all of it, each of us are called to love and to be loved by our amazing Creator. To receive it and to give it away..

Love’s story’s still being written, and I’m just taking notes… 

Here’s to learning to walk in all that God has for us…to love and to be loved.

Xo