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the flashlight of water, His Love, and redemption
I woke around 4:30am, and started my usual morning routine. Pouring the coffee. Splashing my face with cold water, washing and waking up. Then it’s on to my prayer spot, a chair where I sit to read, listen, pray, write. This morning I decided to get a few of the...
This I Can Confirm (it’s all about Him)
One thing that happened over my break/fast from social media was something glorious. It didn’t stem from those forty days, it was a lot longer of a journey than that, but its culmination happened towards the tail end of it. It’s something some of...
church, on a sunday
We went to church on a Sunday.We drove all day to get there and part of the one before. It was afternoon when we got their evening when we left. But the lights turned on while we sat there. The warm glow of Christmas that had already begun, started burning brighter....
daffodils, dates, and times
We were planting daffodils this afternoon, my kids and I were. A mere fifteen years after I first intended. We also found out while we were out that the little girl that lived across the street has now given birth to her first baby. Life is wild and Mr....
Hope, always
“If hope is real, then I want to see it. If hope is thing, then I want to deal it. If hope is a seed, then I want to plant it. If hope is a way, I want to walk it. If Hope is person, I want to embrace him. Then I pause to think. Perhaps because I think about it,...
What Is It (about Summer)
What is it about summerThat makes you laugh so hardAnd shine so brightThings seem so clear.The ringing sounds,the music in your ear.The fearful jumps, landing just right.The longest reads and shortest nights.The cool ice cream and the happy screams. You taught me love...
The Summer Of Letting Some Things go..
Summer started as it usually does around here now, at somewhat breakneck speeds. It comes swiftly as a camp bus cruising around the corner, rolling in off of a busy May and a pretty stellar June. Exhausting and exhilarating all at...
You Thirst Too
I took the morning off one day this week. By “off” I mean to say, I took a break from my coaching work, my mom work, my house work, my home work, my wife work, my life work. All of the busy, busy, good work. I sat in my car and prayed. And cried....
Women Are Wombs
What makes a woman is not how she wears her hair or what kind of skirt she wears or doesn’t. It’s not if she has a husband or even wants one, not if she likes makeup or her feminine name. It’s not if she plays sports or does not, not if submits to others...
my feet on the edge of the ocean
Standing with feet at the edge of the ocean, I turn to my children and say, “I wonder what gift the ocean has for us today?” Fully believing myself, that each next wave might bring a treasure- a shell, a promise, a hope- tumbling out upon the shores where we stand. In...
About Me
Hey, I'm Courtney, a pretty ordinary girl who thinks we've all been called to an extraordinary life and love story with God. I'm passionate about family, faith, motherhood, and the adventure of every day. I write lots of words, mostly because I can’t help it- and I think it's one of the things I was born to do. I hope that something I write encourages you, to walk in your own unique purpose and calling, set free to love and give it away, starting wherever you are today. That's what Courting the Extraordinary is all about. Finding the good all around you, and giving it away. Finding, too, the God of all goodness who wants to walk with you.
I love quiet mornings, coffee, prayer and “work” before sunrise. Quality time with my family is my jam. I can be found grinning ear to ear when we're out on an adventure. Whether that's in our own backyard or exploring someplace new all-together, I’ll for sure note something beautiful about nature aloud-and maybe repeatedly, ha!. Life is a beautiful, precious gift, and an adventurous path to travel! We might as well learn how to love. 