About Me
Hi there, my name is Crystal and I love learning, reading, and healthy living to a point, I do love my chocolate and drink way more coffee than is normal. I also love essential oils, DYI crafts and journals.
Mother, wife, ministry… some of the many labels that have described me or will be describing me soon. It’s a lot, especially when it wasn’t the “plan”. I’ve always had a plan, an idea of where my life was headed from the time I was 13. However it didn’t exactly match up with God’s plan…
Recent Posts
Feeling “Unfit”: My Postpartum Fitness Journey
To be honest, I hate the gym. I hate running, and I’m not for lifting weights and all that other stuff everyone else seems to enjoy. Crossfit scares me, spin classes sound hard and don’t even get me started on jogging. And after giving birth, none of it seemed to be...
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Easter Family Traditions
This year is Malachi’s first Easter. He’s still a little young to understand Easter baskets and the Easter bunny. Or even the meaning of Easter and the love and sacrifice of Jesus. After Good Friday service we went for brunch, just our little family and my husband and...
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Separation Anxiety: Why + How to Cope
Everyone has heard of separation anxiety. If you’ve ever been around preschools, daycares or sunday school, you know it involves a lot of tears, screaming and outbursts. It usually starts around their first birthday. The Science When babies are born, they don’t...
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Why We Use Essential Oils?
I’ve talked about when and maybe even a little bit on why I started using essential oils over here. Why we continue to use them and why I want to share them with everyone is because of the benefits I’ve noticed in my family. I want to give other families the...
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Purpose
pur·pose /ˈpərpəs/noun the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists."the purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee" Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions? Wake up, drink coffee (a must), have breakfast, get...
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2019: Resolutions vs Goals
2019.. Time for new years resolutions. Going to the gym, eating better, doing better... Everything I basically tried last year. It’s hard, no matter how many times I say I’ll do something,...
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