Three years!

   I'll never forget the day I walked into my husbands office at our home in Staley and he told me that God had impressed on his heart that our ministry there was finished and we would be moving soon.  I didn't want to believe it.  I was so happy where we were- as were my kids.  We loved our home, we loved our church, and we loved the community we were in.  It would be a harder move than it was the first time because our children were older and had made friends and connections.  We had three goats and 33 chickens and loved our little farm!  I knew it was going to be a hard move- but as much as I didn't want to believe it- I knew that he was right.  God has began to prepare my heart for a move as well, and there's no turning back when you know God is in control.  

   I do remember when he told me I was angry- and I made one request of him that today seems really silly.  I told him I would not go back "east", lol...  anywhere but East.  

   Our first church was in Eastern NC, almost at the coast.  I LOVE the beach, but I didn't love being 6.5 hours from family, and I never thought I could do that again.  

  And here we are lol.  Back in Eastern NC.  Little did I know, God had used those years in Hendersonville and Asheboro to prepare my heart and make me stronger- and now, I LOVE Eastern NC, and can't imagine myself living anywhere else!

   So this past Thursday we celebrated three years of being the Pastoral family here in our new church, close to Greenville NC.  

Happy Homemaker Monday

          Hi friends!!  For those who stopped by earlier today, you got the whole long explanation of why I've been so hit or miss on blogger over the last two years.  It was a hard and very vulnerable post...  I decided I would leave it up for a few hours in hopes that those who actually remembered my blog and had checked in from time to time would read it and understand why I've struggled for some time now.  Yet, like most vulnerable stories- I didn't want it to have a permanent place on my blog...  and as it goes with moving on from things, I'm putting it behind me and moving forward.  I do covet your prayers. What happened in our lives changed the pattern of our lives and it will never be the same going forward- so sometimes I second guess myself and decide to isolate.  So if you have a chance to pray, pray that God will sustain me through my changing seasons, and allow me to mend my heart, and share it again with all of you.  I'm so thankful for the life God has given me, and even in the hard times He has still sustained and held us up.  Blogging was a hobby of mine that did my heart good, but since 2024 I've struggled getting back on board.  

   Here I am- new blog with some of my old blogs uploaded- no followers and ready to jump back in again.  For those who read my last post, thank you for reading, for your kind words- they mean the world to me!  Those who didn't, thank for checking in today, and I'm thankful that you are here and hope you will follow along as I start some new things in my journey of finding myself even though I kind of lost myself in a really hard situation for awhile.  

   Today  I'm linking up with Sandra from Diary of a stay at home Mom and Holly and Sarah with Hello Monday!  

                                                 

  

May the 4th be with you!

   If there's something that most people know about the Duncans, its that we love Jesus, we have served for many years in ministry and that we love Star Wars!  So of course, when May the 4th rolls around, we are hopeful to celebrate!!

Back in 2017, when my boys had their joint Star Wars Party!  We still have those light sabers lol....

Decluttering makeup

 Now- this is about to get very personal!

Minimizing our Kitchen Part 2!

                              

So  last time we started our major declutter, we ended up getting a LOT out of the kitchen..

Like.. a LOT.  

   So I anticipated that round two would be much less complicated.  You know- because we already decluttered SO much and all..  well, much to my surprise, all of the minimalists are right!  It's certainly not a one and done thing.  There's always- so- much- more.  

    This is all of the things we decied to declutter from round two!  Minus- the coffee pots, the miami dolphins tervis, and the dish with fruit on it, I don't know how that got into the picture lol.  But how did I still have all of this just hanging out in my kitchen after our major declutter??  I am just floored! 

Our first declutter: Part 2

 I wrote about our first week of decluttering, and the first post was so lengthy I decided I should break it into two separate posts! You can read the first days of declutter here!

Day 4, Thursday, February 4, 2021:

This is kind of the day I have dreaded from the beginning. I had planned this specific day because I knew number one, it was one of the only days we didn't have anything to do at church in the evening, and since my girls weren't home, Stephen had mentioned "Boys night out." So I thought that would be the perfect opportunity to go through some toys...

Our first days of declutter: Part 1

  You have to start somewhere!

    Most of the 'minimalists' that I follow said that their initial declutter took six months to a year to complete, depending on how much time they had to dedicate to it.  I can completely see how it could take a really, really long time to settle into your own grove and decide what it looks like for you personally.