Carey Bailey

Motherhood/Parenting

The Shoe Talk

Oh! Look at you. Wait! I didn’t come for you. But look how cool you are. You are hip, trendy, and a bit risky. You are sooooooooooooooooo NOT me. But I want you! Let me JUST try you on. What will it hurt? Oh no! I like you even more. Hmmmm…how bad can you be?  You are in the clearance section. Let me take a look…YIKES! You definitely are not clearance. But wait look at your brand name. Shoot, that just makes me want you more. What should I do? My personal envelope is on empty. Getting you  ...

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Advent/Christmas, Reviews

Let the Advent Planning Begin!

Yesterday I claimed my desire to live the next 8 weeks with intention. Choosing Christ Planning ahead & Letting go as needed I told ALL of you about it so guess what that means? I am surrounded by accountability. LOVE it! I started thinking about our Bible reading plan for Advent. For years I have used this Advent devotional: Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen: Daily Scripture and Prayers together with Nouwen's Own Words. And while I have always gotten something new from  ...

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Motherhood/Parenting

3 Steps to Avoiding "Crazy" this Christmas.

I can feel the winds shifting. Literally. The desert just went from hot to cool! Thank goodness! But I can also feel the winds inside me changing as well. The calendar is starting the fill up, the lists are being made, trips are about to happen, the parties are getting planned, the budget is shifting…the road to the holidays is about to be walked.  The “get busy, girl” feeling is welling up inside of me. Am I going to let it eat me this year? I could. Am I going to reach the end of the  ...

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Reviews

Blog Warming Party and GIVEAWAY!

Welcome! Welcome to the new space and place of my little dream, Cravings: desiring God in the midst of Motherhood. Pretty, right??? I think it is simply delicious. And you want to know the best part? It was a complete blessing to me. As much as I wanted a fancy WordPress site there was no envelope money for that. But I continued to hope and then BAM! I won one. A new web-site designer, Mindy from Simply Designs, offered a ULTIMATE giveaway package and what do you know I WON!!!! It was an  ...

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