• Whimsy ✨ #maisonsfridayflowers
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    Whimsy ✨ #maisonsfridayflowers
  • I cannot believe I’m blogging our 2019 Year in Review posts!! Do I say this every year? It feels like time just FLIES by. Our 8th season has come and gone, and now we get to reflect on the incredible people we were able to meet and photograph this past year through our series of Year in Review Posts 💕 Up first — A Year in Review: 2019 Engagements ✨ #linkinbio
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    I cannot believe I’m blogging our 2019 Year in Review posts!! Do I say this every year? It feels like time just FLIES by. Our 8th season has come and gone, and now we get to reflect on the incredible people we were able to meet and photograph this past year through our series of Year in Review Posts 💕 Up first — A Year in Review: 2019 Engagements ✨ #linkinbio
  • What do you think of when you hear the name, Jesus? One of the things I’m hoping to write a bit more about is my faith experience. I am in a place where I no longer feel I can stay on the “silenter” side of a topic that, I know, stirs up so many varying emotions in people. Often times, the thing that prevents me from writing about my faith experience is that I don’t want to say something that comes across the wrong way or is misinterprented and causes anyone any sort of pain whatsoever. Please know - first and foremost - all I ever want and hope to bring on this platform is love expressed through both words and pictures. When some people hear the name Jesus (even more-so: Christian or Christianity), I can only imagine the things they think of … pain, betrayal, hypocrisy … shame? Shame is the kicker for me. The one that makes me angry honestly. Because I truly believe Jesus would NEVER want ANYONE to feel shame. People who call themselves Christians can read this and want to have a conversation because they disagree (I’m okay with disagreement). They might say that it is good to feel bad when you are acting in a sinful way. To this, I would say that I understand and do agree, but the difference here is guilt vs. shame. Acting in a sinful way could cause you to feel guilt, which is feeling bad about your choice / behavior. Shame, on the other hand, is feeling bad about who you are as a person. Guilt can be good but shame? Shame is NEVER okay with me and I don’t think it’s okay with Jesus either. If we as Christians (myself included) are causing anyone to feel shameful about who they are? We have our backs turned to Jesus. To those who have felt this because of the church / Christians, I am so sorry. Please know that Jesus loves you exactly as you are. ALL of you. Every part. The doubting parts. The broken parts. The flawed parts. The “controversial” parts. We ALL have these things and none of us are alone … even in the things we think we really are. And even if we pretend we don’t have them. (Continued in comments)
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    What do you think of when you hear the name, Jesus? One of the things I’m hoping to write a bit more about is my faith experience. I am in a place where I no longer feel I can stay on the “silenter” side of a topic that, I know, stirs up so many varying emotions in people. Often times, the thing that prevents me from writing about my faith experience is that I don’t want to say something that comes across the wrong way or is misinterprented and causes anyone any sort of pain whatsoever. Please know - first and foremost - all I ever want and hope to bring on this platform is love expressed through both words and pictures. When some people hear the name Jesus (even more-so: Christian or Christianity), I can only imagine the things they think of … pain, betrayal, hypocrisy … shame? Shame is the kicker for me. The one that makes me angry honestly. Because I truly believe Jesus would NEVER want ANYONE to feel shame. People who call themselves Christians can read this and want to have a conversation because they disagree (I’m okay with disagreement). They might say that it is good to feel bad when you are acting in a sinful way. To this, I would say that I understand and do agree, but the difference here is guilt vs. shame. Acting in a sinful way could cause you to feel guilt, which is feeling bad about your choice / behavior. Shame, on the other hand, is feeling bad about who you are as a person. Guilt can be good but shame? Shame is NEVER okay with me and I don’t think it’s okay with Jesus either. If we as Christians (myself included) are causing anyone to feel shameful about who they are? We have our backs turned to Jesus. To those who have felt this because of the church / Christians, I am so sorry. Please know that Jesus loves you exactly as you are. ALL of you. Every part. The doubting parts. The broken parts. The flawed parts. The “controversial” parts. We ALL have these things and none of us are alone … even in the things we think we really are. And even if we pretend we don’t have them. (Continued in comments)
  • Will I ever get sick of all white bouquets? 🤔 #maisonsfridayflowers
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    Will I ever get sick of all white bouquets? 🤔 #maisonsfridayflowers