When I was in Kindergarten our teacher set up little writing centers where I would go every day to create stories about spaghetti and unicorns.
When I was in elementary school my parents sent me to a writing camp with a real-life children’s author where I got to ‘publish’ a book about a little girl whose rocking chair came to life at night and flew her all over the city.
When I was in middle school I carried notebooks with me wherever I went and wrote stories all day long about characters named ‘Amber’ and ‘Tiffany’ (in between playing MASH with friends because finding out which celebrity I would marry and how many kids we would have and whether or not we would live in a box or a mansion was also an extremely important use of my time).
When I was in high school I kept a journal filled with prayers and the deepest longings of my heart. I wrote about becoming a writer one day.
When I taught 2nd grade, teaching creative writing was by far my strongest suit. I loved giving my students the tools they needed to be authors and stir a human heart with written words.
One time when the hubs and I were on a vacation before we had kids, we sat on a Florida beach making our lifelong Bucket List. Mine had several hilarious and next-to-impossible things like ‘Go on tour with my favorite band’ and ‘live in a house with high ceilings,’ but the number one bucket list item was ‘WRITE.’
Then I had my babies and the Lord called me to write this blog – He called me to share my heart – the good, the bad, and the JESUS. He inspired me to help sweet mamas like you find fun and easy ways (crafts, recipes, FREE Printables, etc.) to build a happy home.
After 6 years of blogging, I can say with 100% confidence that THIS IS WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO DO – this is what makes me come alive.
This is my dream.
And it’s time to start investing in my dream.
I want to make my blog into something that will make it possible for me to earn an income and help support our little family. I am a preschool teacher and my husband is a worship pastor, so you know we’re bringing in the Benjamins (just look at the photo above – we can’t even afford to buy me jeans without holes – hahaha!) 🙂
After a million hours of prayer and the counsel of my husband and pastor’s wife and others, I have decided to start a Go Fund Me page to help me raise the money we need to cover the costs of migrating and designing a new site that will allow for advertising and better organization of Happy Home Fairy resources.
This is a HUGE leap of faith, but I feel confident in my calling – helping moms like you is what I am most passionate about! {{And if you are wondering from what I mentioned in THIS POST, we decided to forgo the new floors in order to make sure we are prioritizing our investments. Yay for dirty carpets!! #sacrifice :-)}}
Have you been blessed by this site in some way? Has a FREE Printable helped you in a pinch or a post of encouragement strengthened your mommy heart? Do you believe in my mission to help moms? If so, even just a $10 donation could help!
Walt Disney once said, “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Today I am choosing to boldly step out and pursue my dream of being a writer and encouraging moms all over the world to build a happy home.
Will you join me in making this dream come true?
Click HERE to Fund the Fairy!
– Julie
I am SO excited Julie! This is amazingly awesome! Will talk to the hubs and see what we can do.
Thank you Karen! I love your heart!
I don’t write comments often, but Jesus urged me to TYPE this morning. … Your blog is my absolute favorite. You are funny, inspiring, transparent…and, well..REAL. God gave you this amazing gift. I am thrilled to help in some small way, and that I will get more of your blog? Bonus. You have blessed me more than you know. I am praying daily now for your dream to come to fruition and bless your family financially. Sisters in Christ gotta stick together ?
SAM! Wow. Your encouragement just lifted me up so much! I am so thankful to know that the Lord is allowing me to be a part of your life somehow! It is an honor to serve you!!! Thank you for your prayers and support. 🙂 xoxo
Hi Julie,
I don’t know if you will remember me but I was in Cru with you guys at Florida State… April Ennis (Foster now) and my rommie was Stacy Cintron (Connell now) Either way… I just wanted to share that I have been following you for the past year or so with your blog and you are a wonderful blessing to me and my family. I believe that this is your calling and I trust that God will expand your territory as he does when we trust and follow our God given passions. My passion was and is medicine… he has faithfully lead me through an 11 year journey to become a Physician. Last year I finished my last year of residency and now and finally living the blessings of God’s faithfulness with his vision for my life. My passion is medical mission work. 2 years ago God lead me back to Haiti to serve the people as a doctor. The significance of Haiti was that was when he called me to follow him for medicine when I was 18 years old. As a young woman I went with my youth group and heard the still small voice to follow him one step at a time to heal his people and further his kingdom. We walked together through this journey… and I am living proof that when he calls you to a purpose he is SO FAITHFUL to lead us in the journey.
All this to say that I BELIEVE IN YOU! And thank you for the beautiful heart you have. As a mommy of a beautiful 3 year old little man and a new one arriving soon your posts have been a gift to me. In residency I was a mess as I longed to just be at home with my son but believed that God wanted me to finish the journey that he had called me to so many years prior. Your blog was real, refreshing, leading to hope and the truth that we all struggle and it is only by his blood and grace that any of us can lead the life as we long to live it.
I will discuss with my husband about how we can try to fund/sponsor you as you walk this wonderful and exciting journey.
“Delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart!”
Blessings, April Foster (Ennis) [email protected]
Hi Julie,
I don’t know if you will remember me but I was in Cru with you guys at Florida State… April Ennis (Foster now) and my rommie was Stacy Cintron (Connell now) Either way… I just wanted to share that I have been following you for the past year or so with your blog and you are a wonderful blessing to me and my family. I believe that this is your calling and I trust that God will expand your territory as he does when we trust and follow our God given passions. My passion was and is medicine… he has faithfully lead me through an 11 year journey to become a Physician. Last year I finished my last year of residency and now and finally living the blessings of God’s faithfulness with his vision for my life. My passion is medical mission work. 2 years ago God lead me back to Haiti to serve the people as a doctor. The significance of Haiti was that was when he called me to follow him for medicine when I was 18 years old. As a young woman I went with my youth group and heard the still small voice to follow him one step at a time to heal his people and further his kingdom. We walked together through this journey… and I am living proof that when he calls you to a purpose he is SO FAITHFUL to lead us in the journey.
All this to say that I BELIEVE IN YOU! And thank you for the beautiful heart you have. As a mommy of a beautiful 3 year old little man and a new one arriving soon your posts have been a gift to me. In residency I was a mess as I longed to just be at home with my son but believed that God wanted me to finish the journey that he had called me to so many years prior. Your blog was real, refreshing, leading to hope and the truth that we all struggle and it is only by his blood and grace that any of us can lead the life as we long to live it.
I will discuss with my husband about how we can try to fund/sponsor you as you walk this wonderful and exciting journey.
“Delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart!”
Blessings,
April Foster (Ennis)
[email protected]