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Jennifer — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:28:40 +0000

I just want to say that this is a great post. As always.
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Angela Kelly — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:11:36 +0000

I think your dreads are beautiful! As well as your blog, from what I have seen so far. I just stumbled upon you, and I think your journey is inspiring. <3

Comment on For 11 weeks by Megan

Megan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:35:21 +0000

Thank you for this reminder. I needed it today.
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rain — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:02:18 +0000

beautiful lacey, i LOVE your word. i have a special affinity for trees myself, the planting of the Lord rooted deep and strong whose leaves do not whither in drought. but something else i love about them is that while rooted deep in dark, they also rise high into light, and dance in the wind free and unabandoned…and they are shade and nurturing and home for so many little creatures. i hope that this year brings your roots deeper than ever and that you continue to rise strong and tall. <3
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Comment on For 11 weeks by Holly Bamber

Holly Bamber — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:08:27 +0000

I think this is the first time I have commented on your blog.. but I have wanted to so many times. Your posts inspire, ground, and humble me every time I read them. When my brother (Marshall) first told me to check out your blog I fell instantly in love. Your lifestyle seemed to be everything that I desire to have for myself someday. Living life with purpose and joy and appreciating and embracing simple living, living close with nature, nourishing and raising your sweet family with the best of intentions. All my future goals! I feel myself many times getting lost in this dream and disconnected to my life, hear and now. But your honestly and openness about your own struggles gives me so much strength, I can’ t even explain it. I read your blog and look up to you with such awe and admiration of what seem to ME to be such a “perfect” life, exactly as I would want mine to be someday. But when you share your own inner struggles I am inspired to an even higher extent, I didn’t think imaginable before. This post in particular hits it on the head. I have such big dreams yet I know in my heart I am only on the journey to these dreams because of my age, my relationship, my current schooling, and teaching dreams and sometimes I get lost in the fact that it is in fact a journey. I fear sometimes that once I reach my dream, I will still not be satisfied and will only keep dreaming. Reading that you have the same struggles doesn’t frighten me but inspires me and humbles me. It makes me realize that I KNOW that I will never be perfectly satisfied and I will always be a dreamer, thinking about what could be and the endless possibilities of the future but that doesn’t mean I can’t love, enjoy, and embrace my life, here and now, in this present time. It feels good to know that reaching this is not just a struggle for me but for others as well and that struggle is a beautiful part of life that should be embraced. What would life be if everything was perfect all the time, it would probably get a little boring.  We appreciate our lives because of our struggles and because of our doubts and uncertainties. It is a true blessing to be given the gift of reflection, and allowing ourselves to look at the future, the past, and the present and allow ourselves to be human and have confusions and uncertainties and learn and grow from these, always on the quest to be a better version of ourselves, knowing we will never reach the perfection of God, but always striving to get closer and closer. I just really felt compelled today to share how much I am inspired by your life and your outlook on the world Lacey and I thank you for sharing it with me and the world and making me feel like I am exactly where I should be, on the beautiful, complex, and imperfect journey of life.
(wow! I realize that was a bit of a novel, sorry about that, but sometimes you just gotta let those feelings pour out! Thanks for listening!)

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