Carey Bailey

Dear God Letters, Dream Team

Un-burying the Dream

God, I am wondering what happened to me? What do you mean? I can hardly see myself or I should say the self I enjoy seeing. Go on. I have lost the brave, bold, daring, try anything me. I have lost the me that was confident enough to send 15 publishers proposal out into the world and play the waiting game. I know it sounds strange but in the “yes!” that came from having the idea picked up I lost some piece of me. Keep going. There are raging fears that kick in now. Fear of failure, fear of  ...

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What's Up with The Bible.

If you are EVER needing resources for teaching the Bible to your kids, who am I kidding these videos help adults too, What's In The Bible is your GO TO spot! I love to have them in the car for long trips because we all learn something as we listen to them. What's In The Bible videos are from the makers of Veggie Tales and my mom who teaches 8th Grade theology and is a tough critic gives these a thumbs up. They are designed for Elementary kids but I can tell you my 2 and 4 year old love  ...

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The Dreamers Club

I am an 80's kid. So movies like The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, and Some Kind of Wonderful were all on my watch over and over and over and over again list. What did I love about these movies? The DEEP, MEANINGFUL, and INTENSE friendships. But I was never that good with friendships. So this weeks challenge from Holley Gerth to reach out and solidify that I have buddies that are supporting me and encouraging me in the dream caused some heart palpitations. I have  ...

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The Ross Incident of 2013.

It is Monday and I LOVE Mondays. Why do I love Mondays? Because I get to live the dream on Monday! I get to be a mom and wife ALL day. Today we worked on the letter N. We read about Noah, worked on our numbers, painted, laughed, danced, made banana and peanut butter ice cream. I tried two new recipes I had pinned on Pinterest, did a little work on A’s birthday party, and wrote a guest post for Not Quite Amish. I may not have even showered or as I write this at 9:32 p.m. gotten out of my  ...

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