Enamorado (Taken with instagram)
Exploring… (Taken with Instagram at Charleston Waterfront Park)
I love this city. (Taken with Instagram at The Battery)
Being in a super hipster Starbucks requires a super hipster Instagram picture. (Taken with Instagram at Starbucks)
So, we’ve decided we *really* like tunnels. :) (Taken with Instagram at Smoky Mountains)
Another shot. Same location. :) (Taken with instagram)
So, we’re loving the scenery so far…. (Taken with instagram)
It’s goodbye Illinois, hello South Carolina! Charleston, you better be ready for us! #hcsp12 (Taken with instagram)
“Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. For those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. You can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. Summer just opens the door and lets you out.” — ― Deb Caletti, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
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Let’s make sweater guards in vogue again. (Taken with instagram)
@jami_lynn84 knows me too well. :) Thanks for the wonderful gift, darling! I absolutely adore it (Taken with instagram)
It’s a mint green and thrifted heels sort of day. (It’s also been quite a productive day. #win) (Taken with instagram)
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Do you know any women who wear crowns of beauty? They are not haughty. They are not pretentious. They are thankful and lovely and peaceful. Being pursued and embraced by God even thought you’ve been to the other side is very humbling. These women walk with their heads held high, yet hearts bowed low in reverence. They speak with the wisdom of one who has participated in the mercy of God, instead of the rambling words that come from those who have only read about Him.
They ache for the lost and rejoice with the found. They cry with the sinners and celebrate with the forgiven. They do no walk in perfection, yet they walk in confidence. They have stood in the dark until God came to the rescue. They have jumped from the platforms of their dreams and felt His strong arms underneath them. They know God is present. They know He is able. They know more and more of the depths of His great love. They know He has asked them to dance. Receiving a crown of beauty turns these women into vessels of God’s grace and mercy.
If you have been forgiven much, you are not so quick to judge anymore. If you have been relieved of your debts, you want to release others from their bondage. If you have been lifted out of the mire of sin, you begin to look for others who need a way out. If you truly know your own weaknesses, you are not appalled by the weaknesses of others. A women who wears the crown of beauty has begun to think and feel and give like the King of heaven. She has truly become an oak of righteousness, a radiant display of His splendor.
The most powerful thing about the woman underneath the crown is that she never forgets where it came from or how it came to her. The crown was undeserved. It replaced the ashes of brokenness and pain. And in the presence of God, this woman lays her crown at His feet, the feet of the Giver, humbly grateful for His love and mercy and redemption, thankful-so very thankful-for the beauty that has come to cover her days.
” — Angela Thomas, Do You Think I’m Beautiful?