ALY ALLEN | THE BLOG

this print is dear to my heart because it's the first verse my daughter ever memorized. she was two years old and i'm sure i was the only one who could understand her, but she really did memorize it perfectly. the first verse, anyway. here's the proof captured on video . i initially chose this verse for her to memorize because i wanted her to know from an early age that God is always with her, and that He can handle anything. as she has grown, it's become apparent that this was exactly the verse for her. even at 3 1/2 years old, she struggles with fear. she's scared of the dark, she's scared to be in her room at night alone, she's scared to walk upstairs by herself [even during the day]. each night i remind her Who is always with her, even when i'm not. i don't want to raise her to be dependent on me, because i will let her down, i will not be with her every second of her life, and i just can't fix everything. but God can be and do all those th...

so it's a new year. and i purposely didn't write out my "resolutions" or "goals" on january 1st. i have a couple reasons/excuses for why. 1) it's hard for me to set anything in stone. i'm afraid of failing, and you knowing about it , quite honestly. but i'm over that today. my life is not all buttoned up with a bow on top. not even close. i'm not organized and i'm kinda lazy and i start a lot of things without ever finishing. but the things is?  i think some of you might be that way too, so why should i try to hide that part of myself? we're all in this together, right? 2) i don't like arbitrarily writing things down like i do my christmas list . that's not what a new year is for. i do view it as a fresh start, but not to accomplish all the things i think i want to accomplish . it's not in my nature to finish everything i start anyway, so that's just setting myself up for failure. the last few years i've deci...