living my best possible southern life

This week will be slow for me across the blogs because we are currently in mourning here in my home. My uncle died last night and my grandpa died this morning. My grandpa had been sick the last couple of days and things were heading downhill for him fast. However my uncle was a shock….

I hope that you all are enjoying these Saturday Thanks posts. When I decided to start doing them my hope was that somehow in the midst of the mess and craziness that is life that we all take a moment to find even the smallest thing to be thankful for.

I saw this quote and just fell in love with it! It could not be truer because if you ever read any of the saints or sages stories their lives were full of problems and issues. We sometime get so bogged down in them that we lose sight of things.

Abdulmajeed Al.mutawee || twitter.com/almutawee / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA When I was growing up my daddy would say “Do what I say, not what I do.” It was his answer for many different occasions and I swore I would never use it until the day that I did. When it first came out I couldn’t…