As a mama and ministry director, I know life can be messy, beautiful, and full of grace. This space is all about finding joy in the middle of it all—leading with love, leaning on faith, and celebrating the little moments along the way.
Someone asked me on Instagram recently how I came up with the name Joy in the Story, and I gave the short version. But the real answer probably deserves more than an Instagram story. Mostly because Joy in the Story wasn't actually the original name. When I started this blog, it was called Joyful in the Journey. And that name came from a pretty difficult season of my life. I was learning—or maybe desperately trying to learn—what it meant to choose joy when life didn't necessar
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day I don't really know how to write this one. And if I'm being completely truthful, I don't know that I want to. I've written about hard things before. I've written about grief and faith and finding joy in the middle of seasons that feel anything but joyful. I've found ways to put words around feelings that seemed impossible to explain. But this one feels different. Maybe it's the fact that there are two babies I should have gotten to know
I love a good fall bucket list. Go to the apple orchard. Visit the pumpkin patch. Bake something from scratch. Take a scenic drive. Have a bonfire. Carve pumpkins. Make homemade soup. Go on a hayride. Watch every fall movie ever made while wearing a perfectly coordinated matching pajama set. Adorable. Also? I do not need another list of things to accomplish. My actual to-do list is long enough. So, in honor of Joy in the Fall, I decided we needed a different kind of fall buck
