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Stephanie Griggs
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"Life is such an ebb and flow, isn't it. Sometimes the statements made by penning your experiences actually end up going by out of an expressed silence. That silence for me, is one created out of moments, connected by thoughts, kept hidden by seasons simply to ponder. Till one day,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2012 at Hope Lives
my dear, you've captured the essence of the writer's desire to live fully present, and the tension to share that inevitably bursts into the world as words. i'm so glad you are back at the writing and sharing, because i have deeply missed your insights. and i should say how thankful i am for the pictures of a certain long-anticipated girl :)
Toggle Commented Feb 16, 2012 on Livia Jane at Be Home
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home? i'm just got back from kansas city. this has made me think about my concept of home... where is home for me now? i left everything i've known -- my family, the people that have cherished and invested so much into me, the streets and places and culture --... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2012 at Hope Lives
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yes, i've officially arrived in the illustrius time of life referred to as "the mid-twenties". here's a photo journal of my day away. start: mystery road trip. where are we going?! charlotte! local lunch sights and sounds abound the Lord gave me a special gift right in the middle of... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2011 at Hope Lives
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hey friends. i had started this post almost a week ago. i was trying to glimpse for you our visit to kansas city for thanksgiving. i realized i only have a handful of pictures... i guess that when i get with my family i'm so excited and present that i... Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2011 at Hope Lives
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last year i went to australia. i had the entire month of october in another hemisphere. fall in kansas lasts less than a month. i skipped fall. it is so wonderful to embrace my new surroundings in the midst of a season that has been absent in my life. so... Continue reading
Posted Nov 20, 2011 at Hope Lives
Posted Nov 7, 2011 at Hope Lives
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here's a glimpse of some of the places i find myself day to day. of course pictures aren't able to capture the feel of a place, but at least they are a bit for you to peek at my surroundings. i'd love to help you plan a visit so you... Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2011 at Hope Lives
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it's hard to know where to begin when so many things in my life have changed drastically in the past five months. things were moving so quickly as the Lord began to unfold these changes that i was simply attempting to embrace and live fully into each. opportunity to catch... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2011 at Hope Lives
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i smashed my pinky finger today, but it was for a good cause. i'm starting a garden, and while moving a boulder...well, you get the idea of what happened. you see, my recent energy, excitement, and spare moments have been devoted to getting a garden started up and growing. it's... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2011 at Hope Lives
i'm waiting waiting for something to change or move or break or grow how long, Lord? Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2011 at Hope Lives
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it was a fun weekend. (that's not really normal, so it was highly appreciated) thursday night, in the midst of weird blizzard downpour precipitation, kait and lauren and i enjoyed the sights and delights that comprise anthropologie. lauren introduced me to this place for the first time with her couch... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2011 at Hope Lives
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recently my pace has been slower. my days have been holding many open moments and often opportunities for silence surface without me having to scrape and scramble to find them. that is a huge change from my bulging to do list of recent years, where every hour seemed to belong... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2011 at Hope Lives
memories are chopped up fragments mixed with imagination and sentiment. * * * * * i spent the whole morning at the table, macbook in view, with frequent tea refills and fruit munching at intervals. i had finally, after two years of the idea lurking in my mental "to be... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2011 at Hope Lives
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i want to tell you all about this wonderful day... for right now i'll just show you the pictures that are worth the thousand words i don't have time to write right now. the update: what you see here is a conglomeration (i just like that word) of tradition and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 17, 2010 at Hope Lives
here's the deal: i am in an inner debate right now. actually, it's a little strange that i would blog about it, since it's a debate about whether i should blog or not. so here's a blog entry about possibly not blogging... someone i care about very much encouraged me... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2010 at Hope Lives
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There are some moments in life where you enter wonderment as if it were a place you stepped into. It could be a moment of discovery of a previously foreign thought or idea. It could be a realization, a moment of clarity where before there was fog. It could be... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2010 at Hope Lives
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lots has happened since i first arrived on this distant shore. the funny thing about being somewhere is that no matter how "foreign" a place may be, we have a tendency to settle into a rhythm and feel very normal about our exotic surroundings. thinking back on the past three... Continue reading
Posted Oct 20, 2010 at Hope Lives
oh nicholas! he cracks me up. i can't quite make out what the tire is that he's standing in--part of a playground perhaps? i love that he's passionate about photography and is exercising his talent of seeing the world with the potential for art everywhere.
Toggle Commented Oct 17, 2010 on {this moment} at Be Home
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Oct 14, 2010
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Sydney is the only city other than Paris that i've ever harbored a long-term desire to go to. i'm not even sure when or why it began, but it's been present as far back as i can recall. so here i am! after getting up at 4:30am to catch a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2010 at Hope Lives
your beautiful girl! she is wonderful, and it's so wonderful to see how much you are enjoying the little joys of life together. and how sweet they are having come after so much wait and anticipation! thank you Lord!
Toggle Commented Oct 14, 2010 on {this moment} at Be Home
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Today Aunt Joanne and i finally made our excursion to a place which i've looked forward to visiting for a long time: Healesville Sanctuary. the excited explorers! first stop along the way: morning tea! my first "Devonshire Tea" {a very English tradition} {the favored spot for traditional Devonshire} after a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2010 at Hope Lives
you make me smile!
Toggle Commented Oct 6, 2010 on {?} sense at Be Home
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What is it that everyone thinks about when they hear the word Australia? KANGAROOS (of course) well, you can imagine my excitement when our neighbor Brian asked if we would like to trek into the woods to find the local mob (the term for a group of kangas) of these... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2010 at Hope Lives