And SO MUCH MORE. This #ShoutOutSaturday belongs to God, the author of my story. In fact one of my favorite scriptures is, "Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it." (2 Corinthians 3:3 MSG) In Acts 17:28 Paul quotes a poet who rightly said, “In him - GOD - we live and move and have our being.” That describes my life with Christ. Even if I tried to get away from God I couldn’t. In fact my heart echoes what Peter said in John 6 (:68-69), “Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We’ve already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God.” (MSG) Amazing grace. Do you have someone who completes you? Take some time to give them a shout out today!

On this #ShoutOutSaturday my family takes the spotlight. My family is AMAZING. My brothers married these incredible women who add such love and depth to our family circle. They are some of my best friends. Every member of my family is fantastic and each one of them have been the anchor in my sometimes stormy life. Their love, grace, cheerleading, etc have steadied me. They have grounded me, advised me, believed in me.  So today I'm shouting out to my family - every single one of them - for their unwavering presence in my life.  Have you thought about your family lately and the role they play in your life? Give them a shout out of love and gratitude today!

My framily (friends + family = framily) is the focus of my #ShoutOutSaturday. Some of these people are also in my three and twelve group but some of them are firmly in my framily. And framily is just as important in my life as my three's and twelve's. The people I call framily are ones who have experienced something life changing with me. And true to family we all don't talk to each other all the time or see each other that consistently - we are a framily spread throughout the nation - but we would be there for one another in a heartbeat, in fact we have. There is a comfort between us born of traveling together and seeing each other at our best and worst and in between. These people make my heart explode, I am so honored to call them framily.  Do you have people in your life you consider framily? Give them a shout out today!  We started off this big... and then we grew... and grew... AND HERE WE ARE 10 YEARS LATER - STILL FRAMILY!  (Aug...

My #ShoutOutSaturday is for those people who have had seasons in my life and I've had seasons in theirs. Even though our season of friendship has come and gone those people I'm shouting out to because they each played a role in my life. In so many ways they contributed to my personal growth. Some of those friendships didn't end so great but I'm still grateful for them.  Here's two posts I thought conveyed today's shout out idea really well: We’ve all had those people in our lives that we thought would stay forever.   An Open Letter To The Person Who Used To Be My Best Friend Who has been in your life for a season or two? Give them a shout out of gratitude today for playing the part in your life they did.

My #ShoutOutSaturday is dedicated to my three's and twelve's . This group of people have gone the distance with me. And when I say distance I mean down to the depths of my life - the rock bottom. And it is dank, cold, and icky down there. Yet these people stayed down there with me and helped me climb up and out back into the light. I've got quality people in my life, a public shoutout is the least I could do.  I loved this post and some of the reasons our besties deserve a shout out.  A Shout Out To Best Friends Who has been to the rock bottom of your life with you and gone the distance? Give them a shout out of love and gratitude today! 

Reader's Digest started a new column in the past couple of years. It's all about revealing secrets - I love it! The secrets spilled are supposedly by experts in that field (employees, etc). So to honor #SaturdaySecrets here's several secrets spilled - maybe you've been wondering about one of them yourself. 13 Secrets Gyms Probably Won’t Tell You 37 Secrets Nutritionists Won’t Tell You for Free 20 Secrets a Home Security Installer Won’t Tell You 50 Secrets Your Pet Won’t Tell You 32 Secrets of People Who’ve Crossed Major Items Off Their Bucket List 13 Secrets Mayors Won’t Tell You 13+ Secrets Home Inspectors Won’t Tell You 10 Secrets Matchmakers Won’t Tell You for Free 50 Secrets Nurses Wish They Could Tell You 20 secrets your waiter will never tell you 13 Things Your Housecleaner Won't Tell You 41 secrets your doctor would never share with you

In my home state we have a lot of amazing and delicious companies providing the populations with fair trade, non-gmo taste bud pleasers. One such company is perfect for today. Why? Because they actually have secrets in their name! Yay for secrets, and in this case dark chocolate ones. YUM! Here's some of the secrets Little Secrets is willing to spill... And they don't keep where you get your hands on these delicious secrets a secret either - find a store near you or buy online - click here to see where !

Do you have a secret? Something that you really want, maybe even need, to share but don't feel safe doing so with anyone in your life? Well, there's a way to share it - get it off your chest so to speak - and remain anonymous. Isn't that great news? In fact, you aren't limited to just one secret to unburden - you can unburden yourself as much as you need to. Just write your secret on a postcard - yes, snail mail is the way this is happening - and send it to: PostSecret/13345 Copper Ridge Road/Germantown, MD/20874 Wondering what happens to the secrets you share? Go here, postsecret.com  PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. Your secrets, posted, every Sunday. But anonymous! Why publish them? I think reading other people's secrets could provide perspective toward your own.  Here are some examples of secrets that other people have - it's nice to know you aren't alone isn...

We all love to learn secrets don't we? Well, let me give you a secret for today! *wink* Here's 15 Secrets You Didn’t Know About Saturday Night Live

Today's #SaturdaySwag is s till w ondering a nd g uessing.  What is something you are still wondering and guessing about? Maybe it's something your parents told you when you were younger and you still believe it but every time you mention it someone looks at you strange and you wonder if maybe something isn't right. Like a pet went to live on a farm or if you swallow your gum it will stay in your stomach for 7 years.  So today let's see if we can get down to the truth of some of those things that we think might be true and aren't sure so we have also told the same possible lies to children in our lives. *wink* Are you still wondering and guessing any of these? 17 lies your parents told you as a kid (that you still kinda believe) 21 Lies Parents Tell Their Kids: Ranked from “NBD” to “gonna need therapy.”

Today's #SaturdaySwag is all about s trong, w ise, a ccomplished g entlemen.  STRONG WISE ACCOMPLISHED GENTLEMEN

Today's #SaturdaySwag is s cientific w ild- a ss g uess. When I saw today's swag I immediately thought, "Huh, I wonder if that's what I did all through high school in science class?" Then I read the definition and discovered that yes! I did do a lot of swagging in my high school sciences. *grin* And there's even a game that you can practice your swag!