Carey Bailey

Summer of Joy

Are you Abiding in the Harvest?

My kids and my husband call me "the brown thumb".  My sister got all the green thumb genes from BOTH of my gardening parents.  I am the kind of plant mother that doesn't have to worry about repotting plants as they grow...just about getting new ones, the same size as the old ones, when they die.  I think if we could hear the little plant voices, crying out, as I wander through the Garden section at Lowe's, they would be saying: We've heard about you!  But we hoped you were just an urban  ...

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Summer of Joy

Summer Joy For Big Kids!

As a kid I anticipated summer! Well I should say I didn’t look forward to the Texas humidity but as the end of the school year wound down the countdown to summer joy began. I found myself looking forward to: Summer camp Family road trips Vacation Bible School Orange juice popsicles Staying up later Extra time in the day to pretend I was a dress designer,adoption worker, or school teacher. You? What brought you excitement in the summer? Here we are...today...BIG people. With summer sitting  ...

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May Printables

I hope you don't think I am too crazy but I have seriously JUST recovered from Africa. I never imagined that. Never! It is nice to finally feel like I have come back to life. I think I have mentioned it around these parts before but my husband and I started a prayer journal a few years back. Mostly because we barely have 10-15 minutes of conversation a day that doesn't involve the kids in some way. Our prayer journal is our way of staying connected with what each other needs. For the past  ...

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Sole Hope

How was Africa?

How was Africa? It has been the question of the week. I have searched all the adjectives in my arsenal and there is not one word that can sum up Africa. My mind has felt like a globe being spun out of control as I try to capture the “how was Africa?” answer. The best I have is that it felt like I was constantly in a state of between-ness. I know that is not a word but that is how I roll.  I felt between spoiled and irritated, as I watched hours upon hours of movies on the 44 total hours  ...

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April Printables!

Thank you for your prayers and support while I was on the blog Hope adventure. Honestly, as much as I had mentally prepared for the re-entry to be hard it is even harder than I was hoping. My husband calls me daily to check on me. I think he fears I have fallen asleep and the kids are coloring on the walls. I have a few more posts in me about the journey but I need to be able to stay awake long enough in the evening to actually get them written. Crossing my finger for that to happen one of  ...

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