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I am a wife, mother of 3, and athletic director who is passionate about Jesus, my family, baseball, sports & fitness, music, and coffee. God is teaching me what it means to anchor down… to hold on to Him with all I’ve got and live for His glory alone.

Now for the FUN stuff about me. I love spending time with my family and friends. With 3 kids ages 12, 15, and 18, I stay pretty busy! When I’m not busy trying to survive the hurricane that is our home, I love to get down to my artistic & athletic roots. Writing, designing, doing anything creative, playing the guitar, singing, running, golfing, playing tennis, watching baseball and college basketball… all of these things bring out the best in me (and the competitive side of me). I would gladly do all of these things beside the ocean if I could.

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#MoveForward

It was one of those moments you want to put a pin in. To never forget. A normal walk on the beach, the same as many I had taken before. The late afternoon sky was clouded with fluffy blue… the...

#MoveForward, Take 2

The post below was originally written in January 2020. However, we all know what happened after January. The world as we knew it COMPLETELY changed. Because I felt “stuck” instead of...

A Beach Baby’s Worship

He is definitely a beach baby. Can’t help it. He gets it honest. Tonight we went out onto the beach, he and I, just as the thick pink line around the horizon was beginning to shrink. It was the...

Anchored Hope… A New Day

I’ve always wanted a tattoo, even back in my college days when I wanted two tennis racquets crossed over my ankle. Then there was a time when I wanted a guitar with a cross… same place...

Blessed

I walked into our school room after hearing giggling and saw this. My heart smiled. 🙂 In all of the reasons for homeschooling, I never really thought about the kids starting to actually get along...

Definition of a Failed Day

I realized something about myself a couple of days ago. In my quirky, perfectionistic, self-centered brain, if one little thing in my day doesn’t go exactly how I planned it, the whole day...

How Much Anointing Do You Want?

It was posed during an instrumental break of Your Presence Is Heaven. The worship leader painted the picture of someone who needed to let go of things that were potentially holding him back from the...

Healing Your Church Hurt by Stephen Mansfield

Healing Your Church Hurt by Stephen Mansfield is a very bold, straightforward book that teaches the simple, but not easy, basics of finding healing when you have been hurt in a church setting. It...

When It Hurts To Breathe

I don’t get knocked down by sickness very easily; but when the doctor calls and says the X-ray showed Pneumonia, it’s time to stop trying to be so strong. I’m now on the 7th day of...

Restless.

This word. It smacked me in the face a few weeks ago when I shared with a precious friend that maybe she was… this word. My entire life, I have searched. My heart and mind have battled against...

Maddux was here.

Baseball is back and I’m loving it. The ballpark (ANY ballpark) is one of the very few places in the world where my soul just breathes. I love everything about it. The smell of freshly cut grass and...

Messy.

The words came out too easily and too quickly. Cutting words that would have been said differently if she had just waited instead of jumping to speak. But the reaction came… and her messiness...

The Flesh is in the Pages

I’ve always needed to SEE it to BELIEVE it. If you can relate with me on this, then you know how difficult it is to fight in your Christian walk. At times, I find myself crying out with the need to...

The Hard Is What Makes It Great

“It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard… is what makes it great!” -Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own One of my favorite quotes… one...

More Urgent Than Coffee

I love coffee. And coffee houses. Those of you who know me well will laugh at this understatement. And the people who live in my house know that it’s not a good idea to speak to me before...

Faith or Fear?

The calling. Sometimes it’s not some big, crazy, outside-in-the-world step. Sometimes it’s something that God wants to happen in your own home. Homeschooling is mine, at least for this...

Just Call Me Clarkette

This is a re-post (edited) from a couple of years ago. As we started decorating for Christmas this year, the lessons learned came to mind and it was time to revisit. Enjoy… and Merry Christmas...

The Rock That Is Higher Than I

Life gets overwhelming. If you’re like me, days just seem to stack on top of each other… then one day suddenly you realize another year has passed. Sometimes, though life is busy...