Chasing Blue Skies

encouragement for every season of life

Home
Kristen
Blog
Books
Subscribe
Instagram
Archives
Free
- for everyone
- for military spouses
Contact

the Blog

When Receiving Love Feels Like the Hardest Thing to Do

If You Struggle with Belonging, My New Book Is for You

On Weighing the Risks and Plans that Fail

A New Year’s Catch-Up and Blessing

Book Recommendations for the Advent Season

High-waisted Pants and Emotional Muffin Tops

« Previous Page
1
2
3
4
5
6
…
91
Next Page »

On Instagram

My name is Kristen, and I live for faith, hope, lo

My name is Kristen, and I live for faith, hope, love, and really good cake.

In the past, I’ve been a military spouse and a music teacher.

In the present, I’m a writer, wife, and mama to three gorgeous-hearted kiddos.

I’ve written two books, #GirlMeetsChange + #BackRoadstoBelonging (link in bio), and I’m currently working on my third.

I’m a friend to folks dealing with change and the loss of belonging that springs from change.

I write about that and a hodgepodge of other things right here, but I write solely about change at @girlmeetschange.

Some confessions:

🐌In most areas of life, I’m a crockpot set on low. I process slow. I think slow. I write slow.

🤔I certainly don’t care about what people think as much as I used to (yay 40’s!), but I probably still do more than I should.

🚘I get out-of-proportion annoyed when people don’t use the turn signal. As it’s been said, God may work in mysterious ways, but we don’t have to!

🤕I’ve fallen down the stairs too many times to count. #NoDepthPerception I even fell down the stairs on my first date with my husband.

📺Right now, I’m loving an iced chai with pumpkin cold foam, the British mystery show Endeavour (thanks @randrp1992 for the recommend!), and Friday night tacos + a marg from Fuzzy’s Taco Shop.

🔋I’m not loving how my battery always seems to be blinking these days. Maybe you, too?

The day this pic was taken, I was definitely not at my best—not by a long shot. But @jenlintsphotography, one of the most darling people on God’s green earth, made me laugh and have a good time in spite of myself. There’s something about holding onto hope with one hand and then relaxing enough to let it pull you in its upward direction.

📷 If you’re in the COS area and want a family/wedding/senior portrait photographer, please do your future self a favor and give @jenlintsphotography a follow and a call! Stellar person, stellar work. THANKS JEN!
#fridayintroductions

Last year, the @incourage writers sat in one large

Last year, the @incourage writers sat in one large room together and wrote down the worst that life can throw our way:
▪️Illness.
▪️Depression.
▪️Anxiety.
▪️Abandonment.
▪️Loss of every kind.
... just to name a few.

And then the @incourage writers + community came together and wrote 100 devotionals offering not easy answers but eternal hope. You won’t find a tidy bow on a single page of the whole thing, but you will find come alongside comfort as only Christ gives.

The devotional pictured is by the gifted @dorinagilmore who wrote about becoming a widow with three young daughters after her husband lost his battle with cancer. Find more stories like Dorina's offering help+hope in Take Heart: 100 Devotions to Seeing God When Life’s Not Okay.
#fromthebookstack
#takeheartbook

I had coffee with a friend yesterday, and we both

I had coffee with a friend yesterday, and we both lamented how our respective seasons have left us dog-tired and just plain WEARY. Like, climbing-up-Pike’s-Peak weary. And doing so on our hands and knees. In the winter. With a hungry bear and mountain lion tailing us.

Several days ago, I received two separate messages from friends whose kiddos were in the hospital. (What we all wouldn’t do, I know, to put ourselves in the crosshairs of struggle if it spared our kids from it.) One of them is home now and recovering well, thankfully. But the other, a sparkling, stunning 19-year-old named Meghan, is at Walter Reed for double pneumonia after complications from COVID. Would you please say a prayer for her?

And if you’re bone-tired yourself today and/or have a prayer request, leave it below. You can be sure that I’ll pray for you and yours. (And I bet others here will, too.) 💛

I belong where the front yard trees are evergreen,

I belong where the front yard trees are evergreen, where the trusty ol’ minivan still gets the job done, and where the porch isn’t fancy but more than fine.

Where do you belong today?

#backroadstobelonging
#whereIbelongWednesday

Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2020 Kristen Strong · Site by Design by Insight · Chasing Blue Skies Logo by Aliza Latta