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Tethering Grace & Togetherness

Just before the BIG DAY!!!

September 9, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment


The Best Bridesmaids in the World.
Seriously. Each of these girls has had an important part in my life and it was wonderful to have them present at this special time. Whether we have known each other for 25 years or just over a year… they each mean so much to me and made my Wedding Day even more special!


Legally Ready to be MARRIED!!
We had way more fun getting our marriage license than the average person. We were giddy. Seriously. You would have thought we were actually married with this piece of paper. I love that I married a man who makes everything so much fun. It makes even the little things meaningful. I am so thankful for him.


My Sweet Flower Girls

I love these three cuties so much. Deanna, Elayna and Ava Blythe definitely have had a huge piece of my heart ever since the day they were each born. All my nieces and nephews have me wrapped around their finger.

“Uncka’ Yance” with the girls.

The girls actually called Lance “France” when they first met him. Great Fun!


These little guys are my nephews.. They were wonderful Ring Bearers!

Nate and Benny Blythe are Cousins and practically best friends. It is such a blessing to see so much of their dads, my brothers Chip and Matt in them. It was so great to have almost all of my whole family present. Only one of my wonderful brothers could not be in attendance and he was greatly missed. Everyone that was there traveled a long way and it would not have been the same without them!!

Pre Wedding Fun!!!

September 9, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment

The Girls at Bahama Breeze… Bachelorette Fun!!
Cindy and Bridget
Me and Heidi right after some WONDERFUL pedicures…
My niece Lyndsay and me at the Bridesmaids’ Luncheon at Mimi’s Cafe

My Wonderful Mother and Me!!
So first, let me just say that the wedding was SO fun! I had the best bridesmaids in the world! They were so very helpful and encouraging and fun to have there as a part of the special weekend.
I have to share a few photos of the pre-wedding festivities!!

AUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 15, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey 1 Comment

Well, TEN days left until the BIG DAY!!!! We are so very excited and that’s really all I have time to say…. Gotta Run!!!!

Love,
Cindy

P.S. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
EXCITED!!!!

The Birthday Kids

August 2, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment

One Big Happy Family of Stuckeys…
The Birthday Boy and His “Happy Plate” at P.F. Changs… He ate all his dinner…Notice the Asian Eyes… I love his sense of humor.
The birthday girls’ pedicure. Much needed and much enjoyed. The color was actually called, “Twenty-Five Colorful Years!”

August 2, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!!! I have a job!!! This past week, I was given an offer from Fidelity Bank here in Wake Forest to be their new Office Manager. I joyfully accepted the offer and attempted to get out of the parking lot of the bank before jumping off the walls with JOY! Lance and I are so relieved and happy that this has happened. It is such a huge burden that has been upon us for months. We have been constantly remarking to one another how excited we are and Praising God for His provision. The best part is, the job begins after our Honeymoon! Now that this hurdle has been crossed, I feel as though I am ready for the wedding to approach! There is much to be done and I cannot wait. God’s timing is perfect and we have seen this in this situation in a huge way! Thank you all for praying for us in this area of our lives!

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One year ago!!!

July 27, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment

I wanted to Congratulate Courtney and Mike Sexton on their First Anniversary (I am a little late in doing this!) By recalling a photo from her wedding!!

And the days fly by….

July 27, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment

Well, we have made it to the month before the wedding! There is still MUCH to do and very little time with which to do it! But, I am absolutely determined to enjoy every minute of it! Lance has been wonderful in helping me continue to get settled in our apartment. I am sorry to say there are still boxes on almost every room– but progress is being made every day!
This weekend we will enjoy the celebration of Lance’s 28th birthday with a visit from his parents! The weekend will inevitably hold a time of golf for the guys and shopping for the girls!! We hope to be a blessing of love and hospitality to them this weekend.
Hopefully I will remember to take some photos and post them! What a novel idea! I seem to be quite forgetful about this poor blog these days.
***Please remember to keep us in your prayers as we continue to prepare our hearts and minds for being married. It is such a special time full of so many fun things and we wish not to lose our focus of what this is all about!
*** Also please pray for the job situation. It has been one brick wall after another and we are struggling each day to continually trust our God who is so capably in control! Please pray that we will not be fearful and doubtful for the outcomes which we do not yet see.
We love you all and hope to see you at the wedding on August 25, 2007!!!!

Isn’t Love Grand???

June 26, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey 2 Comments




These are just a few of our Engagement Shots!! To view more, please visit http://poiemaphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/3050058

First Anniversary!!!!

June 26, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey Leave a Comment

Well, today is June 26, 2007. Exactly ONE year from our first date! One year ago today, we had lunch at Over the Falls Deli and thus began what is now Lance and Cindy. We have been very busy lately, busier than normal it seems.
I (Cindy) am in my last week of my last class and am trying to pack up my apartment to move in the next few days to our new place!! All the while, Dog sitting and writing thank you notes… Oh yeah! And trying to find a job (still) and planning that wonderful event which will take place two months from yesterday!!!! The job hunt is a bit grueling. It seems as though I have sent out a million resumes but I am sure it only feels that way. The Lord will provide. However, I must daily remind myself to wait patiently for His timing.
Lance and I are so very excited with every day that passes and we are so happy we will be able to see many of you very soon!

Love,
Cindy Blythe

P.S. If you have not made out of town arrangements, please see the information below regarding such accommodations!!

May 22, 2007 by HappyGoStuckey 1 Comment

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Joy is the courage of people who don’t have all Joy is the courage of people who don’t have all the answers, yet.

While you sit in a season of waiting,
the calendar can often be a cruel companion, reminding you that days go by, weeks, months— with what feels like very little change in the right direction.

Perhaps you can easily assent to: 
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but you strain to see just how it will be when: “...a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs 13:12)

Wherever you and I are today— whether we wander, wait, stand firmly planted, or some pressed together combination of all three — we can take heart.

We are not alone.
And this will not be wasted.
What seems to be an unending blank space, an indefinite pause, is a space for new things.

Long before all is made right, and whether or not it all is tied up neatly with a perfectly crafted bow— we can know this:

We do not have to know the outcome to be faithful today.

✨Joy is not disregard for reality as much as it is obstinacy against despair.✨
Hi 👋🏻 I’m Cynthia and I’m a bit weary. T Hi 👋🏻 I’m Cynthia and I’m a bit weary. There. I said it. These days I’m gravitating to the true & the beautiful as rest for my weary self... and I wonder if you are too.

So much so, that I’m starting a new little offering, it’s called “The Feast: Wonder for the Weary” and the first issue goes out this weekend. It’s a bit more personal (okay this first one is WAY more personal. 🤭) It will be a little bit of everything, all with the goal of offering REST to both the feasters & foragers alike. If you’re already a subscriber— no need to do anything, if not— click through my bio to “keep in touch” and join the feast.✨
We are a people of both lament and praise. We hol We are a people of both lament and praise.

We hold questions without answers— yet we hold them in hands already full of good things.

We hold our daily bread, our daily gifts, and we hold the daily closeness of the God Who Sees.

The God who is no stranger to our lament, and Who Is the reason for our every hope.
He does not grow weary of our asking. Of our need to be told again, He will. 

You friend, are not invisible.
You are seen and cared for by the God who does all things well. (Even when they feel anything but.)
Married love ambition: making the kids roll their Married love ambition: making the kids roll their eyes at our “gushy-ness” as often as possible. 

President & CEO of the Lance Stuckey Fan Club— in every season, but especially on days like today.
Rainy day Mocha date, courtesy of our own toasty k Rainy day Mocha date, courtesy of our own toasty kitchen.😍🌧📚

On this chilly Saturday, we spent entirely too long browsing for books at our library and then all came home to a fire, mochas, and cocoa, respectively. Of all the things we do not know at this very moment, we know the gifts abound, and are worth counting.

PS, if you haven’t spread whipped cream on a foil-lined baking sheet to freeze, and then cut out cute shapes with cookie cutters to top your coffee or hot cocoa, may I suggest you get thee on that at once.
“If God sends us on strong paths, we are provide “If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.” — Corrie Ten Boom

✨File under, things to save in a fire.✨

The prayer journal pictured here contains six months of the hard & the sweet.
Six months of prayers asked & answered for ourselves and for others.
Six months of seeing through prayer, not how it changed our circumstances necessarily but how it changed us.

I always appreciate a record like this— being able to clearly see the paths we are led down, rocky though they may be? Priceless.

The ways God has come near us & drawn us to Himself again and again are written on these pages and I’ll treasure it forever.

Also pictured: Psalms Illuminated Scripture Journal. Highly recommend. Thank you always, @allifarnell
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it th “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

While scrolling through my photos today, my heart was heavy to realize how far back “before” was.

Before masks and distancing, before loss, before other, more personal bits of hard. Multitudinous change, neither all bad nor all good.

With our free time, we’ve introduced our girls to Tolkien, Bilbo, Frodo, and especially Samwise the Brave. They are officially hooked and we are delighted to watch them discover another world where evil doesn’t win, and the courage of the small matters much. {they close their eyes at the Orcs and we haven’t had a nightmare yet!}🤞🏻😂😬
I’m leaning increasingly more into the analog th I’m leaning increasingly more into the analog these days.

It started with the Sourdough and a dozen different kinds of jam last year.
I suddenly find great calm in activities that stand in direction opposition to hurry, the textbook definition of ✨work in progress.✨ And really, if you could see the other side of this piece, you would believe me. 🙃

Thank you to @thebarmyfox for making embroidery so accessible!
@thenester says, “It doesn’t have to be perfec @thenester says, “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful,” and I believe that the weeknight meal equivalent is, “Just because it’s easy— doesn’t make it a second-tier supper!”

Thank you, Spaghetti with Meat sauce for being both a ministry to mom AND a crowd pleaser. Especially on a dreary January-ish day. It is ✨quite alright✨ to make something we’ve made a million times just because we know it makes the people happy.🍝
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