by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jan 6, 2015 | Books, Broken and Raw, Faith, Love, Story
I counted it out tonight. Suddenly I needed to know more than I needed to not know. One by one all the way up to one hundred and thirteen. Writing it all scrunched up like 113 makes it feel even shorter. I’ve got one hundred and thirteen days left in Birmingham...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 31, 2014 | Brave, Faith
So there’s all this talk about the new year. Hopes, dreams, goals. Things we want to happen and will absolutely, no doubt about it, work towards and plan for and write down on the lists that won’t last more than two weeks. It happens every year. I’ve...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 25, 2014 | Christmas, Faith
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining ‘Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices For yonder breaks a new and glorious...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 23, 2014 | Broken and Raw, Faith, Faithful, Love
It’s always been this way. A word shows up everywhere in my life for weeks on end, for what appears to be no reason at all. Podcasts, sermons at church, Pinterest, my Facebook newsfeed and Twitter stream. Recently, He’s gone so far as to make sure the word...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 19, 2014 | Books, Broken and Raw, Community, Faith, Story
There’s something about a table because there’s something about people gathering ’round for a common purpose. Food. Discussion. Play. I’ve had these words swirling around my head all week. At some point, writing them well seemed too looming and...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Nov 27, 2014 | Beauty, Faith, Joy, Thanksgiving
We each have a story and I’d be willing to bet a few of your chapters show that you’ve experienced some deep, hard things. Moments that can’t be erased and memories that still haunt. Life change happened, whether you wanted it to or not. Things spiraled and got shaken...