Childhood Crush I pinched my freckled nose tight and peered under the trampoline at a pair of tan legs grounded in red, white, and blue skate shoes. “I like that boy,” I whispered to my 7-year-old sister from the safety of my hideout. “I like him too,” she smiled. “His name is Pete.” “No, like, I like-like him,” I… Read More The Tale of My First Love
This, is my Mother. Twenty-five years later, her hair is a little less Farah Faucet, but everything else remains the same. I want to mention her, because in this world a lot of darkness is going around. The human race has always struggled with discouragement, but in this day and age more and more Christians… Read More What to do When Facebook Leaves you Hopeless: Call my Mom 😉
I’ve been seeing blog posts floating around recently about the lives people portray on Social Media versus their real lives. Often, people claim that one’s social media presence is a fraud. We portray ourselves in the best light possible and watch the “likes” roll in, while we’re really drooling on the couch and flipping the remote… Read More My life on Social Media Vs. Real Life
This is Kyla. And I’m going to tell you the TRUTH about my sister. We’ll start with her blog posts on cooking. With a blogger in the family, more specifically, The Kathryn Joy, we hear lots of talk about what kind of posts are the rage, what people need to hear, what is going viral ect.… Read More What REALLY Happens
AUGUST 18 TH, 2015 A lot has happened since my last journal entry in here. A lot. There have been so many ups and downs, so many good memories and emotional valleys, so many new horizons and finished chapters . . . and it’s only been two months! Crazy! All that to say, there are gigantic… Read More My Daily Journal (Updated August 18th)
Hey Guys! It’s been awhile since I have written. Truth be told, the flame in my lighthouse of creative energy has been barely flickering due to a lot of exciting projects and emotional pulls. However, regardless of my inspiration levels, I’m going to update you all on the Chad Johnson family like I promised I would.… Read More Johnson Family Update 2015
MARCH 22, 2015 Today I woke up at 6am, packed my bags, and began a journey. To start the process, I texted a good friend my road map. It was a very long text, with seven chapters and a Preface. To send, the phone broke it into 39 texts. (Yeah, I’m that friend.) My dad said an email would be… Read More Operation Take Control: My Journey to Maturity (pt. 1)
Sometimes it’s great being associated with your big family. (Like when Kyla was Grinders star employee and people mistook me for her.) Sometimes it’s not as nice. In honor of going to Squaw Valley in two weeks, here’s a little throwback to our skiing escapades of days gone by. Disclaimer** I wrote this three years ago,… Read More The Green Jacket Brigade
Dear Fathers of Teenage Girls, Emotional roller coasters, sensitivity, clothing disagreements, boys, growing-up bench marks…what a special challenge God placed in your life! Think you have it hard? My Father has four teenage girls at this moment. When people say he should write a book on raising girls (apparently we cross our legs and act intelligent… Read More An Open Letter to FATHERS of Teenage GIRLS
“You should write a book on parenting,” numerous well-meaning people suggest to my parents. Daddy and Mother laugh. Raising eleven kids is no cake-walk, and it’s at moments like these I remember the Toilet Paper Club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The family was peacefully settled down in the cozy living room, lamp-light casting soft shadows, and Daddy’s deep… Read More The Toilet Paper Club