Old & New

There's nothing one beautiful cycle, a couple bucks and a devoted keeper cannot re-create.  I found these vintage heels at my local Goodwill for $2.99 less 50%.  Someone quite possibly from 1963 decided these bad boys were out to pasture.  And to the now grandpa who was once that sweet young vixen, I say thank you.  Your size eights are safe and sound with me right along with the $246 I saved. I'm coming for you, Frye.  It's about to get real up in this piece.

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Love in Adoption

   Adoption is a wonderful, challenging, beautiful, patience-trying path to walk. It’s simultaneously a glorious picture of what the Lord has done for us, and a mirror into which I am forced to see how far short I fall in loving others like the Lord has loved me. As it turns out, I’m not always a joy to parent either, huh, Father?!  I’ve been on this path for 4 years now, in 2 different ways, and have a learned a few things that I’d love to share with you.  

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13 Dos and DonT’S of Marriage

I am a wife of 13 years.  I can entrust this as fact.  I can celebrate it even more in a culture that sees less and less means for the left hand to own the weight of a promise most precious not just in metal, but in testimony and time. It is with this tenure that I offer my 13 dos and don'ts of what these 4,745 days have taught me as Mrs. Cobble.

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hospitality + the way food feels

A meal is more than just nourishment of the body.  It's an aboslute action of love and wellness.  It's service to loved ones and a collection of goods both from the ground grown and from the soul harvested.  Atmosphere is a beautiful element of provisionally filling the people around your table.  Making people feel welcome to enjoy and eager to indulge defines meals as more than just food for survival, but moreover, energy for a better life.

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