Meet Kaylynn Schrandt: Texas Strong Woman of the Month
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Meet Kaylynn Schrandt: Texas Strong Woman of the Month

February’s Texas Strong Woman of the Month is my local pal–biological and adoptive momma, social worker, and essential oils maven, Kaylynn Schrandt. Meet Kaylynn Schrandt Originally an Amarillo girl, Kaylynn relocated to central Texas for college, ultimately earning her master’s degree in social work at the University of Texas, and now lives in Buda with…

How You Can Help Bring Home Penelope with ‘Texas Strong’

How You Can Help Bring Home Penelope with ‘Texas Strong’

When I found out my high school pal Stephen Miller, an amazing author and worship leader, and his incredible wife Amanda were adopting (again!), I was so excited to follow and support their journey. How you can help bring home Penelope with #TexasStrong Their multi-ethnic family near Dallas, which already includes three biological children as…

Love Always Perseveres: 31 Days of Marriage Guest Post
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Love Always Perseveres: 31 Days of Marriage Guest Post

“It [love] … always hopes, always perseveres.” (1 Corinthians 13:7 NIV) We have our first kiss. We fall in love. We say our vows. And then, we find out that all that “in sickness and in health, ‘til death do us part” stuff is for real. We fight depression and “man” colds, job losses and…

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Is Jesus Part of Your Story, or Are You Part of His?

I started blogging in 2009. Back then, I wrote about things like my mother’s decline through early onset Alzheimer’s and my fear of developing the disease. I didn’t worry too much about things like content or site layout or page views because my only readers were people close to me. Is Jesus part of your…

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Meet Shelly Spillmann: Texas Strong Woman of the Month

This month’s Texas Strong Woman of the Month is daughter, wife, sister, aunt, small town girl, and philanthropist Shelly Spillmann. Meet Shelly Spillmann I met Shelly Spillmann last year, just a few months before she married my college roommate’s older brother. He is in some ways like an older brother to me, as well. I was immediately taken…