About me

I'm just a simple gal with an incredible love for God. When I'm not on a ladder or a roof with a tool belt and drill on my waist (YES you heard that right!), you'll find me cozying up in bed with a book that challenges my faith or my favorite: the bible. I love learning and seeking after the heart of my Father. I'm passionate for truly knowing Him and not just having a Sunday morning Christianity. I hunger and thirst for His presence and desire to inspire others to be just as moved by our God.

I make no apologies for the fact that my life is so centered around God. I've known many seasons of being distracted and distanced from Him. I am by no means perfect nor am I a prude, but I am gradually coming to realize that absolutely nothing in this world brings fulfillment. Everything in this world is growing smaller and smaller while He is becoming bigger and bigger.

I am a mother of 4 gloriously beautiful teenagers, twins Chloe & Kylie, my only son Josh, & my itty bitty Ayla. Just thinking of them brings joy to my heart! They constantly challenge me, while equally encouraging me to be an example of a true disciple of Christ. 

I have been married to my amazing husband Josh for 19 years and together we run our own business, Christian Family Guttering, where we install residential rain gutters. Being married to my husband has afforded me many opportunities for spiritual growth and maturity. Being married will do that! We have shared many different times together, laughs, cries, frustrations, and joys. Working together day after day has had its challenges, but we seem to be strong where the other is lacking. We make a great team.

Being in construction was never something I wanted and over the years I've said I would have never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be doing this. I cried a lot in the very beginning and fought that God had brought me to this place. My argument was that girls don't do construction. Wah!!! I literally cried probably everyday for the first few years of helping my husband. Little did I know that it was through our business that God would break me and remold me to be more like Him. It would be an avenue He used to bring me into a level of ministry that I didn't even know existed. He would bring me into people's safe spaces where relatability would bring vulnerability. Some clients would become my friends and I would even get the privilege of leading someone to Christ because of it. It's definitely been a journey.

I have had to learn to face my fears head on. God has never really allowed me to take the easy road. My marriage, my sanity, my integrity, my friendships, my dedication to God have all been put to the test and that's just naming a few. There have been many instances where I didn't think I would survive the trials and succumb to the rising tide threatening to drown me. I have failed more times than I can count and made so many mistakes, but God has always picked me up and dusted me off, encouraging me to give it another go. So here I am.

My writings have been born out of the many years of experiences of walking in the valleys, the plains, and the mountaintops of life. Scripture is always the root of where the story begins. I tend to incorporate many of the things I have faced in my writings, weaving God's word throughout. It all begins when I read the bible. I get this overwhelming desire to write when I touch upon a scripture that moves me and when it comes, I just know it's God wanting to convey His message, not mine. The message is as I like to say, "Always for me first". Then I truly believe it's His timely word for His people if we are willing to have ears to hear. 

I am often raw and real, saying what others may not be willing to admit to. I find masks exhausting, not that I have not been tempted and sometimes given in to wearing them still. The pull to be something I am not or not admit my failures and be perceived a certain way is always crouching at my door, wanting to master me, but I am learning to master it. I am human like everyone else, but my goal is for us to be real together, to stop the pretending, and be exactly who God made us to be - His creation that is meant to worship Him and bring glory to His name only. In discovering that this is who we are and our purpose is just that, we will simplify our lives in every way. It's not complicated, we complicate it. 

So join me on this journey as I reflect on life and put forth truth straight from His Word. It's time to surrender our lives on the altar of His presence so that we become a sweet smelling fragrance before Him. He's waiting for you, He's waiting for me. Let's go behind the veil hand in hand.