If we have ever exchanged email or comments or any form of written communication than you know I sign EVERYTHING “With Joy, Carey!” This isn’t just to be cute. It is on purpose. 11ish years ago my perfect world I knew was crashing and burning before my very eyes. I was as low as I have ever been and I wasn’t really certain how to dig my way out. But God knew my way out. He gave me Romans 15:13: “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely WITH JOY and peace because you  ...

Today is one of my favorite days of the week and it’s not just because it was Bachelor watching day. I enjoy today because it is my day to do a heart check on my God-Sized Dream. Thanks to Holley Gerth and her mission to support and encourage women in their dreams I am making steps forward in knocking down the door God has before me. This week her question is: What do you really want more of in your life? Will you dare to say it out loud? Okay, I want more clothes from Anthropologie and  ...

Dear Dreamer Friends! I had a letter prepared full of  “Woo oo’s!” and “GO! girl” and “You can do it!” and I am hoping there are lots of those letters out there because as dreamers we need the encouragement. But as I wrote last night a story kept pushing on my heart. A story of a dreamer girl from days of old. A story that serves as a lesson for us dreamer girls of today to learn from. I had to follow the prompting and scribble out all that was written for this... Her name was Sarai and she  ...