Carey Bailey

Dear God Letters

God, my grip is too tight.

God. Good Morning. I realized something  or maybe I should say I am realizing something. What is that? I am holding on too tight. What do you mean? Like to the steering wheel? Ha ha. You are a crack up.  I know you know what I mean. Yes, but I want to hear you say it. Give it to me. Okay, I am holding on too tight to everything. The kids Cravings Security Safety My dreams My hopes My wants My desires My house My comforts My, my, my everything! Ah, yes that does sound like a bit of an issue.  ...

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Motherhood/Parenting

When you wish for something different.

When 12 load of laundry, exploding diapers, and getting up from the dinner table ten times is your life there can be days that you wish for something more. Maybe I should say something different.  Your list probably differs from mine but we all have those things that can send us into frustration land. You can find yourself wishing for the things created in movies. Something romantic and dreamy like personal trainers, chefs, and chauffeurs.  Or you can sit back and remember THIS, this is the  ...

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Dear God Letters

God, You are pretty ridiculous!

God, your means of orchestrating things is really unreal. I know you know that but I just had to say the way you worked this weekend blew me away. Please share. Well as you know we had been planning this weekend for months. There had been a few ideas in the works and we finally settled on a cabin setting rather than a more high energy and costly option. In fact we were given our spot to stay for FREE! Pretty cool if I do say so myself. We had no idea how the timing would line up with our  ...

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Dear God Letters

Dear God, Thanks for the blessings despite my whine.

Good Morning God. Good Morning Carey! Sooo I realize I have been a bit off my game since we got the news. A bit of a whiner, if you will. It is pretty common. Don’t beat yourself up too much. Thank you for the blessings. The purple toes inspired by my 2 year old. The date night with my little man.   Popsicle eating. Date night thanks to some free tickets from a friend and a full date night envelope. And an unplanned family vacation thanks to my parents. We are grateful.  YOU ARE WELCOME!

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Dear God Letters

God, Are you still talking to me?

Hi God. Hi Carey. How you doing? Better. Thanks for the chats and the verse yesterday. I thought I would make it into a visual so I don’t forget it. I even made it in a variety of colors dependent on my mood.  That is a really good idea Carey. Hang in there. I love you! I know.  I know. Thanks for all the reminders and for being ever present. It is really helpful. You are welcome Carey. 

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