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July 13, 2013by etley enlightens

day eleven:

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i have a bad habit of ruining potentially great pictures with ugly faces.

my friends hate this about me. i’m sure strangers hate it too.

#badhabit

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y’all call it pumpkin season - i call it acorn season. when i’m on a walk, and i see a good crunchy acorn on the ground, i’ll push you out of the way to step on it. there’s nothing more satisfying than crunching an acorn under your foot. ok, jk, crunching leaves is pretty amazing too🐿🌰🍂🍁#iloveagooddeadleaf
🎵I won’t forget the things You've done For I know that this is just the beginning And You're not finished yet, You're not finished yet Until I see Your promise come God with all I am, I'll keep believing That You're not finished yet, You're not finished yet🎶 this song is a bop! and we are not only waiting on God, but on two amazing milkshakes at Kilwin’s in Williamsburg 🥤🥤
someone really smart once told me that our life is like a tree and each story, each stage is a branch // branches come to an end but they are still part of the tree. amen.
There is a moment in our life when we stand before the desert and want to do it ourselves. But there is the voice that comes, "Let go. Surrender. I will make you fruitful. Yes, trust me. Give yourself to me." What counts in your life and mine is not successes but fruits. The fruits of your life you might not see yourself. The fruits of your life are born often in your pain and in your vulnerability and in your losses. The fruits of your life come only after the plow has carved through your land. God wants you to be fruitful. The question is not, "How much can I still do in the years that are left me?" The question is, "How can I prepare myself for total surrender so my life can be fruitful?" Henri Nouwen
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two years ago, to the day (october 4, 2016) i was pregnant with a baby i’d never meet. i was so excited to post this selfie bc it was my little itty bitty secret. after i miscarried, it took a while for me to publicly share my experience. ever since i did, i have had the honor to walk with and pray for other women who have experienced this same dark season. it’s an honor i will forever be grateful for. october is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month and although no one needs a special month to think about their baby, for those in the middle of healing, it’s the awareness part that is so important; it’s the freedom to talk about their sweet babies that is so special. i don’t think i’m any kind of expert but i do have a couple things that might help you walk through the dark season with someone in your life: 1) listen. simply listen. rarely does a grieving person want answers or solutions, they just want their pain to be heard and felt. 2) as the months move forward, bring it up gently. if someone trusted you enough to share about their loss, that means they trust you enough to bring it up. 3) pray for redemption. believe in their journey and God’s will. speak it. believe it. trust it. 4) hug the person out of no where. like bear hug them. don’t say anything. just squeeze them. i hope today there is a little more awareness, sensitivity and love for all the infants that have been lost. Heaven come. Heaven come!

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