Journaling is the best way to travel through time. This post is a collection of journal entries that span the Decembers of the last 25 years of my life. I wrote the first when I was just 15 years old. I am surprised at the person I used to be, and I am amazed at how God has brought me to this moment as a wife and mother of eight children. I never planned to show these to a living soul, but looking back over them, I see so much beauty in the story that these simple words tell over so many years. It is a story of God’s grace and unbelievable mercy. So I’d love to invite you to take the trip back in time with me. (View gallery below.)

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