Today is February 9th. It's been five years to the day since our world fell apart in ways we never expected. It’s easily been the hardest five years of my life. When the craziness of 2020 hit, I wanted to be one of those strong voices offering hope and truth. But I quickly found out that I just ...
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Hello, sweet friend! I'm so humbled that you're here.
My heart for what you read here is to illuminate the power and beauty that comes when we face our pain head on, choosing to walk through hardship together with openness and honesty. The last 5-6 years have been some of the most painful I’ve ever experienced, and as much as I wouldn’t want to go through anything like that again…God used those things to change me. He didn’t remove them, he didn’t walk me around them, and he didn’t abandon me. He gently walked me THROUGH them. As a result, I didn’t just survive some of my biggest fears, but I began to thrive in the midst of them. I’m more whole than I ever have been. And I'm more in love with the One who rescued me.
I keep finding that there are also many of you experiencing some of the same things I am, but there’s a great amount of shame in talking about it. I hate that, because this isn’t the heart of our God--to keep these parts of ourselves secret. He has so much more for us than that. I want to encourage you that you’re not alone in these things. It’s okay to talk about it, to confess it, to bring others into it with you. We can’t heal what we don’t acknowledge.
And all of that is what led me here. To write and share things that will most likely be very much in-process, raw, and unpolished. I would love for you to join me as we tackle some of these difficult things together.
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ApparelLearning To Let Go Of What We’ve Been Through To Embrace What God Has Put In Front Of Us
Mother’s Day is here again, and it's feeling a bit more heavy this year than it has the last several years. My emotions have been a little bit all over the place this year. And to pile it on, while organizing this week I also recently discovered a box I had forgotten about: my IVF ...
Fertility Update: Still Waiting
Just to be clear for all the skim readers: we are *NOT* pregnant. While we are right in the middle of National Infertility Awareness Week, I thought it might be time to give a little fertility update. Since we posted over a year ago in January about meeting with our fertility doctor to try for baby ...
Broken Is Better
This past week I got invited to go back and visit the recovery group I was a part of for about a year and a half after Cameron's confession. It was so good to be with these special women, and during our meeting we made Kintsugi together. Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art that uses a precious ...
Five Things I Want To Share With The Woman Who Just Became A Mother After Infertility
First things first, let me say - CONGRATS!!! You made it to motherhood. This day has finally arrived, so let’s just take a minute. This is a BIG DEAL. The day you weren’t sure would come. Now you’re finally rocking the maternity pants you were once jealous everyone else got to wear. Or ...
I Feel Like A Bad Christian If I Take Anxiety Medicine
I had a friend say this to me recently. It broke my heart. I know talking about mental health is such a thing right now, but I'm discovering how broken our system is when it comes to this, especially in the Christian community. This is exactly why our language matters. When we say things ...
Our Seven Day Miracle
This transition into November always brings back bittersweet memories for me. It was during this exact week four years ago that I was pregnant with our first baby who we affectionately named Sprink. I remember some of these moments as if they were yesterday. I remember the ...
Five Boundaries Necessary For Affair Recovery
I love this topic, you guys. I think I like talking about it because the idea of having boundaries in my marriage is somewhat new to me in the last few years, and it’s been life-changing for our marriage. I’d always heard of it, I knew there were books on it, I just had no idea what it should ...
Proof That Your Partner’s Affair Wasn’t About You
When most women first find out that their partner had an affair or that he’s been watching porn, their initial response tends to be the same: "It must be me." Some of my first thoughts were: What did I do wrong? Am I not pretty enough? Not thin enough? Do I not have sex with him enough?? How ...
Celebrating 10 Years With Worship
10 years of marriage. I think worship is the only appropriate response for today! So that’s exactly what we are doing. To us, this isn't just a feel good music video. These are a few of the songs that we sang out of discipline during some really dark days, believing God would somehow rescue ...
From Our Heart To Yours – A Follow-Up Video To Our Blog Series
We wanted to follow up on a few things since sharing our blog series with you! We have already shared so much in our four posts, but there were a few things we wanted to say that can really only be said on video. So here you go....from our heart to yours. ...
Part Four – Starting Over
By: Cameron Sprinkle I'd never driven more than a couple hours by myself before, and I’d certainly never done it feeling like my entire life was hanging in the balance. About 500 miles later I finally made my way into the mountains of North Carolina and at long last saw the His High ...
Part Three – Grounds For Divorce
In the weeks following my husband’s confession of his affair and pornography addiction, somehow I began to make big decisions, get groceries, pay the bills, and claim back my home all with a clear mind. I really have no idea how it all happened other than by the grace of God interceding on ...
Part Two – My Life As A Sex Addict
By: Cameron Sprinkle The morning after my confession to Karissa I woke up and couldn’t figure out where I was. Then I remembered that I was sleeping in a friend’s guest bed, and it hit me: what had happened the day before wasn’t a nightmare—it was reality. The emotion was similar to the ...
Part One – The Day I Took Off My Wedding Ring
Seven years of marriage. We had just celebrated our anniversary in August of 2016 feeling victorious. Close. And so hopeful for the future. Then in October we welcomed our first child after over three years of a tough battle with infertility; when she arrived in all of her glory, it was one of ...
New Blog Series Coming Soon!
We wanted to share just a few quick thoughts on our mini blog series coming up in just TWO days! We would love for you to share this video with any friend who you think needs to be a part of this community of hope and healing. Whether you’re married, single, a parent, infertile, 18, or 85….God has ...
The Missing Inmate: My Mental Health Battle
By: Cameron Sprinkle A little over two years ago I crashed and burned out of ministry, nearly losing everything I held dear in the process. It was a startling and earth-rocking wake-up call that forced me to re-examine everything about myself, including my mental health. I’m at a point now where ...
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