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Out of the Mud At Last

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 12, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all ever stepped in that kind of mud that sucks your foot right up, and you lose your shoe? You can’t go on. What do you do with your sock foot? How do you get your shoe unstuck and back on without getting completely muddy?...

Friday Adventures, September 9, 2022

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Following a few conversations about our safety in and around Memphis, we opted for a Friday Adventure right here close by full of giggles and retail therapy! We got our fill at Wayback Burgers, and if you haven’t been there yet, run (and I mean,...

Something To Look Forward To

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 1, 2022 • Leave a Comment

You know what we often need when we’re going through a season? Something to look forward to! Y’all. We love to travel, and a year ago, Keith and I decided to go to Maine. We had never been. It was nothing short of amazing, and...

Oatmeal Recipe

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 31, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Up at 7:30 am, I figured I could dread today and what all it might bring or get busy making peace for myself. So I made some comfort food. It smelled so good while it was baking. If you need a good oatmeal, the recipe...

RIP to My Sanity

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 30, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Here’s where the erosion of your sanity will get you… Our company’s vans died literally dead seemingly all at once (ummm, today), and we are now in a pickle. So I found two online, had them brought down from Murfreesboro, TN (which took some doing),...

Friday Adventures

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 27, 2022 • Leave a Comment

In my effort to become a Recovering People Pleaser, I vowed to spend more time with my sweet Brady. She’s 14, and she’s awesome. We have had one heck of year, and she deserves every minute I can give her. And why shouldn’t I be...

Life. Smacks. Peace.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all ever get up and the morning and go about your business just to be smacked in the face with a big, fat truth?! Yeah. And the funny thing about that truth is that it was there all along. It isn’t new. It isn’t a...

Things I Learned Today / August 8, 2022

In Things I Learned Today • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 8, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I learned today (my favorite thing I learned today!) is that teenagers are listening. When they trust you, they really do listen. They take your advice, your warnings, your words all to heart. I AM leaving a legacy, even when studio life feels burdensome. I...

Not-So-Personal Church. It is well, though.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 7, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Church kicked off yesterday with several super moving, extra heartfelt and encouraging songs. Hands raised. Voices loud. Then…with a wave of the choir director’s hand, a shift in musical key, and a flicker of the graphic displaying all the lyrics… “It is well with my...

It’s ok to be messy.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 1, 2022 • Leave a Comment

It’s ok to be messy. It really is. You can forget stuff, slack on your responsibilities, be lazy. It’s ok to have been messy. I’m 100% positive about this. It’s ok if you veered off the right path, neglected your health, even made horrible mistakes....