12.30.2020

Cheers to 2020!


1 perfect shell given to me by a stranger with Maverick City's "I'll still bless you" on my mind
2 preaching series that changed me: "FU" + Relationship Goals by Mike Todd
3 COVID tests taken between G & I in the last 2 weeks of the year, and it didn't hurt! YES!
4 miracle babies born - AJ, Noah, Josiah & Gio - and so many cuddles.
5 women that impacted my life in a huge way this year: Erin, Mom, Tia Ana, Emma & Jeanny 
6 days of breaking & reckoning, healing, and grace on a sacred week in September
7 months of G working from home #covid + a promotion for me; God went above & beyond! I watched..
8 sunrises that changed me, lifted me up, and gave me hope in a wild year where we celebrated
9 years of marriage! What?! We swam with the sharks (crazy!) & had a private rooftop dinner for two
10 episodes of The Crown watched in our new home of NJ (a God story) after...
11 final months spent in South Beach, which will forever be in our hearts <3
12 laps around the track was G's workout plan, but I usually only lasted 4 in the Miami heat
13 and a half books read meaning my goal of 12 was beat for the first time!*
14 weeks going on sunset walks almost every night, and it was magic
15 x 500 people singing outside that JESUS IS KING in Downtown Miami with Sunday Service!
16 to 26 MILLION people protested for the #blacklifematters movement in America this year - incredible
17 hours of snow perfection, plus every season experienced! Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer
18 days spent with Michi & Joe laughing at all the things while they spent Christmas break in Jersey!    
19 family members that support and love each other through our ups and downs. So so grateful
20 hours of surprises for my 30th bday that blew me away. Thanks to my precious babe - I love you G



//  2020 - I bless you because you broke us, and in the breaking we were healed and made whole  //



* Books read:
  • Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • The Girl For The Job by Jess Connolly
  • The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
  • Invitation to Solitude and Silence by R. Barton
  • A Spirituality of Caregiving Henri Nouwen
  • Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen
  • The Way of The Heart by Henri Nouwen
  • Men, Women and Worthiness by Brene Brown
  • A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
  • The Book of Forgiving by Rev Tutu
  • The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
  • Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanly
  • Dream Big by Bob Goff
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama -  halfway done but started in February. This just wasn't the book for me to finish this year

12.22.2020

to the season ahead


2020 has been quite the year for all of us! So this Christmas, I wanted our card to encompass hope for what's to come! Because we have Jesus, we have hope. I am so full of gratitude this season! The best is yet to come.


**Thanks to Artifact Uprising for another beautiful card!

12.18.2020

our first snow



For remembering our first snow day in years!
Roselle, NJ