Author: Kristin Sterk

As a Christ-follower, wife, stay at home mom, blogger, author, and advanced heart failure patient, my desire is to encourage others in those same roles, through honest and real conversation. May you be inspired to embrace YOUR story of God’s grace in your own life, through simple, grace-filled living.

Gratitude and Disappointment

I don’t understand. I find myself asking the whys all too often; especially this go around. Over the past week, I have been on the brink of tears numerous times and sometimes that wall of sandbags collapsed and the river overflowed. There is just so much I can’t wrap my mind around and often feel…

Around the Home

Around the Home

What a week! Not necessarily what we expected, but often at the turn of a new week reminds me of the verse that says, “His mercies are new every morning.” And every week, my friends! We started the week off with Mazers hanging out with her cousins! While Dan was dropping me off in Ann…

Heart Journey Update

Heart Journey Update

First of all, thank you for all of the prayers, text messages, and love shown once again! They truly keep me going during a time that didn’t go quite like we had hoped. Though we know God sees, God knows, and God continues to hear! I was able to come home on Thursday, for which…

Around the Home

Around the Home

The pictures below are the reason I look so forward to summer! Although, I did not take any pictures of us at the pool because we were too busy having fun! Early in the week, we went blueberry picking with some friends. It was a gorgeous morning for it and about halfway through, Mazy and…

Just Keep It Real, Please

Just Keep It Real, Please

Real. Real homes. Real people. Real kids. Real moments. Real everything. You with me? So I love Instagram. Maybe it’s kinda weird, but I find that there are some pretty “real” people on the Insta. Can I just thank you, from the bottom of my heart? Our souls long for people like you. I’m not…