by Jodie Barrett | Sep 8, 2015 | challenge, encouragement, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, Keeping it real in the chaos, peace, Uncategorized
Clutter. For as much as I try, I can not clear the clutter. It’s at the back door. It’s on my desk. My closets collect it weekly. My brain is even overflowing with clutter! And for some reason when the seasons begin to change my heart begins to race with...
by Jodie Barrett | Sep 2, 2015 | Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, friendship, Jesus, trust, Uncategorized
There we sat, two teenage girls, wild and free. Nothing to do and all the time in the world. And she let me cut her hair! Yes, we were teenagers, not 3 or 4 years old with scissors and bad bangs. She had a beautiful head of dark amber hair and for some unknown reason...
by Jodie Barrett | Aug 27, 2015 | blessings, celebrations, encouragement, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, Jesus, Uncategorized
Sweet! Sweet dreams! Sweets treats! Sweet kisses! Sweet songs! Sweet Jesus! Jesus is the sweetest name I know! Everyday is sweeter! Sweeter than the day before! And I could keep singing but I will stop right there are save some sweetness for Fall session. That’s...
by Jodie Barrett | Aug 19, 2015 | Beautiful, blessings, burdens, difficult circumstances, featured, joy, Pain, Uncategorized, Understanding
Some answers take time. And I’m impatient. Some learning comes from hard times. And that hurts. Rainbows come after storms! Before I continue this post let me preface this by saying I know that hearing good comes from hard is not always reassuring. I know that...
by Jodie Barrett | Aug 14, 2015 | featured, Uncategorized
A reblog in honor of special local friend whose photography has touched my heart. Today she is featured on the front page of our small town Daily Herald, but more importantly she is just a beautiful person who loves to preserve history through a lens and talk about...