It's been a while, let's catch up!
I'm Lauren!
I am 31 years old and I live right outside of Austin, TX in the cutest, most charming town in all of Texas.... Georgetown!
In 2008 I graduated with my B.A. in Vocal Performance and married the love of my life, William Laing.
We bought our first home around the time of our wedding.
We traveled a great deal.
It truly was a great year.
Together we have two girls: Emily & Maggie and a Parti Yorkie: Georgio Crockett.
Georgio after George Washington and Georgetown... only fancier.... and Crockett because Texas History. Yah.... our first grader (at the time) named him. Haha!
I love being a mom.
Love it.
I don't love the exhaustion that comes with the job, but it is the most fulfilling title I have ever held.
I LOVE trying my hand at making everything around me as beautiful as possible.
If we create our life, why not?!?!
Turning our house into a home is a complete JOY and every choice I make while doing so, is done with intention.
I want you to feel welcome.
I want you to feel safe.
I want you to have a place where you belong.
Being able to call out the greatness in others gives me LIFE.
And for whatever reason, it's not something I look to do, it just happens.
And it's a joy. And an honor.
I literally focus on making sure I laugh at least once a day.
I mean, even in the darkest darkest darkest seasons, I can muster a simple haha at something.
Even if it feels forced. I tryyyyy to find one thing. It's usually something I do. HA!
Joy. It comes from The Lord.
It's important to me.
I just love life.... well, except the parts that are heartbreaking.
But overall, I'm a lover of it.
I'm known for saying that "I do real life"...
Which just means, if I'm a friend of yours, I want to be there for all of it.
The good, the bad, the ugly.
I struggle with relationships that don't seem to have depth to them.
Give me more than just the guarded "I'm fine, everything is fine".... because I can't help but feel like none of us are always perfectly fine.
And I feel like I'm being lied to. Or like you don't want me around.
So I get awkward and it's hard for me to know how to play a role in your life.
But we have seasons for sure where things are fine, but with time I crave depth.
At 31 years old, I am just learning how to not be afraid to share my story.
There has been a lot of pain in my life.
Also a lot of victory.
I chose years ago I am not a victim. So I chose to put my hurts and wins at the feet of Jesus and continue moving on looking for the next way I can show love to this world.
Now I realize, my pain could quite possibly be similar to your pain.
My victories, could be possible to yours.
And if I walked it.... you can too.
And it all matters.
And it is worth sharing.
And I am first to admit that I am one of the crazy ones...
the ones that believe that maybe,
just maybe,
I can play a role in changing the world.
Not for me, but for my babies.
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