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A little glimpse into life this past week.. 🤍

Life hasn’t felt easy lately, but it has reminded me of something: hard seasons and good seasons aren’t always separate things. Sometimes they exist at the exact same time.

Like Daniel in the lions’ den.. the miracle wasn’t that he avoided the hard thing.. it was that God was with him IN it.

This week held both uncertainty and so much goodness & I’m grateful for all of it. 🤎

Truly just one of those full circle, only God kind of moments today 😭

3 years ago walked through the doors of SS for a hair appointment & I truly had no idea how much her + her family would end up impacting our lives.

today I got to do her daughter’s FIRST ever hair color for her 16th birthday which already felt so special 😭 but having Melissa back in our space after the last year just felt… surreal.

Before her long hospital stay (seriously go look at her page… the miracles + testimony there will leave you speechless) she was already someone the Lord was using so heavily in my life. planting seeds in my faith, teaching me so much about holistic healing, answering my endless “helpppp what do i do” texts 😂 I literally have a note in my phone called “Melissa Medicine Journal” because of all the wisdom she’s poured into me over the years.

Somehow ever since our families just kept intertwining more + more.. her husband, .x became Brock’s business coach, they’ve done masterminds together in Florida, now work out of the building together & he has changed the way Brock looks at life/business… I now do her precious sister’s hair too who has also been such a light in my life 😭 and through all of them we’ve met some of the most incredible likeminded people.. it’s just wild to sit back and think about how God places people in your life sometimes.

All because one girl booked a hair appointment one day & The Lord used it for so much more!!! & today… after such a long hard year… she was back 😭

I’ve just been in awe of Brock lately.

So many people asked him after we got out of the hospital if he was still planning to run his 69 mile ultra this weekend… and I honestly think everything we walked through with Hazel gave this whole journey a completely new meaning.

While we were in the hospital, he was our steady. He advocated for Hazel and for me constantly. He was Hazel’s safe place through all the fear, procedures, and uncertainty, even when he was the one having to hold her through some of the hardest moments. He carried all of it with so much strength, gentleness, and grace.

Two years ago this man couldn’t even run a mile. He’s not a professional athlete… just someone who decided to do something that felt impossible and committed to showing up consistently day after day.

And now here we are, three days away from 69 miles.

I really believe this race has become about so much more than running. It’s about consistency, mental strength, discipline, faith, and continuing to put one foot in front of the other even after hard seasons.

I’d love prayers over his mind, body, and spirit this weekend. Prayers for strength, health, endurance, and that everything we do through this journey brings glory to the Lord.

I can’t wait to watch him do something really crazy this weekend. 🤍

Sweet came in yesterday for the first time in SEVEN months after having her first baby boy and I swear moments like this always get me emotional 🥺🤍

There’s just something so special about what happens behind the chair.. Somewhere along the way it becomes so much more than hair appointments. I’ve gotten to walk through so many life changes with you guys… engagements, weddings, babies, postpartum, hard seasons, fresh starts, all of it. 😭

Seeing my girls come back in after becoming mamas, tired but glowing in a whole new way, just makes me so grateful for this career and these relationships!! Truly one of my favorite parts of what I do. 🤍

Days like this just make me pause and feel so incredibly grateful. 😭🤍

We started the morning by surprising our sweet .emma with a little baby sprinkle as she gets ready to welcome her sweet Bowen Blue into the world, and then rolled right into an education class hosted by which honestly felt so full circle for me!! 😭

Ben really inspired me so much in the beginning of my career and believed in me enough to let me take a huge leap pretty dang fresh out of hair school!! Looking back now, sitting in a room years later learning from him again surrounded by this incredible team of women… 🥹🥹🥹 it just hit me how thankful I am for every person who’s poured into me along the way.

There was just something so special about looking around the room today… seeing women I love, learning together, celebrating each other, growing together, building businesses, building families, building dreams 😭 I’m just emotional okay!!!

It’s always been about more than hair.. So thankful for this team and these people. 🤍

We are officially HOME 😭😭🙌🏻🙌🏻

So exhausted, so grateful, slightly overwhelmed but forever appreciative!!! We even got to enjoy a walk in this beautiful weather, have dinner as a family, and now we’re all cuddled up in bed!!

Thank you for every prayer, we have felt them all! Our family friends & even strangers showed up the past 5 days in ways I will never forget.

“We went through fire and water, but You brought us to a place of abundance.” — Psalm 66:12

Quick update on HG 🤍

Today has been a steady day, and we’re so thankful for that!! She continues to improve, and getting to see more of her personality come back has been the sweetest gift. 🥹

Right now, she falls under something called ketotic hypoglycemia, which essentially means her blood sugar dropped really low and her body went into overdrive trying to compensate. Right now, we’re doing a fasting test to see how her body responds so they can better understand if there’s an underlying reason that caused everything to happen so quickly. This part has been pretty tough for us because if we’re honest, we’re in this strange in-between of really wanting solid answers… but also not wanting there to be an underlying reason at all.

It all happened so fast, and that’s what makes it hard to fully wrap our heads around. At the same time, we’re choosing to trust that whether we get clear answers or not, the Lord is in it and already holding every detail. We also just have to say how incredible Cook Children’s has been!! The level of care, attention, and intentionality in even the smallest things has been unreal!

If you’re continuing to pray with us, we’d love prayer for:
• pain in her leg to be completely gone!!!
• wisdom for the doctors as they evaluate everything
• peace for our hearts in the waiting and strength for when we have to help with needles

We’re so grateful for every message, prayer, stuffed horsey (she’s got a whole little horse herd in bed with her 🥹), gift card, etc!! You have shown us so much love & we have felt every bit of it!! 🤎

Update on Miss Hazel Grace 🤍

What we thought was a simple stomach bug turned scary really fast. After a day of vomiting & getting pretty lethargic, we took her to urgent care where her blood sugar was dangerously low. From there, everything escalated quickly…EMS, 2 ambulance rides, and a very intense few hours trying to stabilize her.

We made it to Cook Children’s where they ran every test possible and admitted her to the PICU. Her blood sugar, blood pressure, and even her blood acidity were all at critical levels… something no parent is ever prepared for so suddenly

But by the grace of God, her numbers are now getting back to normal. She’s eating, drinking, smiling, and talking again!!! 🙌🏻 She’s just very tired. We’re currently waiting on cultures, more test results and hoping to be moved out of the PICU soon!

She is one tough girl. Truly a little fighter in every definition of the word.

We’re sharing this because we deeply believe in the power of prayer, and we’ve felt them. If you’re willing, we would be so grateful for continued prayers specifically for:
• Peace over her little body as she regains strength (she’s starting to get super restless and uncomfortable, which we know can be part of healing)
• Her labs to continue leveling out and stay stable
• Wisdom and clarity for the doctors to understand what caused this so suddenly

And truly… we are overwhelmed by the outpouring of love over the past 24 hours. The texts, the prayers, the people jumping in to help with little sister, the gifts, the check-ins… every single bit of it has meant more than we can put into words!!!

We have felt so covered, so supported, and so loved in such a heavy moment. Thank you for showing up for our family the way you have. 🤍