Hello and welcome here!! My name is Ashley. If we were meeting in person, I’d probably say it more like “HEY!!! I’m Ashley! What’s your name?! Where are you from?! I am so happy to meet you! Wanna be my friend!?” I land pretty high on the extrovert scale and have a deep love for people.
My husband Craig and I are high school sweethearts and have been total besties for the past 15 years. We have been blessed with three beautiful children. Adelyn (5yrs) aka Adewinnie, Hugh (3yrs) aka Hugh Bears or Heward, and Ellianna (11 months) aka Ellie Girl or Ellie Bean.
Alright, here’s the reason I’m showing up here for you today.
I have a fire in my heart for the woman who is burdened and overwhelmed with a hurting heart and inside wounds. I am here to reach out to the woman who thought she had the answers only to find herself drowning in unknowns. I am here for the wife whose world blew up when learning of her loving husband’s betrayal. I am writing to the mom who “needs to do better” for her children’s sake but keeps falling short because of her own brokenness.
You see, I know what a hurting heart and inside wounds feel like. I am well acquainted with the heaviness that greets you in the morning when the first ache of your reality sets in. I have lived the moments when you have to catch your breath, due to the nauseating pain of your heart.
But, what’s more, I know what true inside healing feels like. Furthermore, I have learned to live in true freedom and honest joy. The kind that makes room for laughter again. The kind that brought me back to dancing in my kitchen and flirting with my husband.
Honestly, this isn’t the story I thought I’d be telling. My happily ever after didn’t happen the way I set out for it to happen. However, in each scene of my journey, there is a common thread. The place where my heart escapes. Consequently, it is the place my heart heals, and the place that continues to launch me into freedom and joy even through storms. This is what compels me to share my story with you.
I have felt a pull and a call to show up here for you. To be so honest and so real you may even say to yourself “Yikes, this girl is crazy”. I am here to show you just what Jesus can do and all He needs to do it.
There is no one living on this earth right now that has it all together. No one that lives struggle free. However, I can tell you there are people who live with true joy, passion, and with freedom. I know this because I searched for her and slowly but surely He grew her…. inside of me.
My hope is for this blog to feel like a safe place for you. A place you feel seen, loved, and valued. My desire is for you to know, you are not alone.
Welcome to the story of a woman, a wife, and a mom. Who has walked trials, cries often, and tries to control everything. Yet, in the morning, with a cup of coffee, her heart escapes to the secret place where her soul finds rest.
