April 05, 2024

Living in Bristol, England (Williams Life Update)

April 05, 2024/ Crystal Williams

Friends, in case you didn’t know, I’m thrilled to share with you we have moved to the UK! Bristol, England, to be exact. On Monday, March 25th, we boarded a flight with our two boys and kissed Texas goodbye. While, yes, the move is temporary… we packed all we could into our three checked bags and started our travel across the pond. The boys did great, but I’ll share more about traveling with toddlers later. For now, let’s connect some dots. Since this Facebook post and this Instagram reel, questions have poured in. So, I’ve decided to end the post with a Q+A of sorts. But first, I’ll share how we even got to this decision:

July 28, 2023

Our Stillbirth Story

July 28, 2023/ Crystal Williams

On June 14, 2023, I delivered our third child, stillborn.

These past six weeks have held some of the deepest pain I have ever experienced. And while writing, for me, has always been therapeutic, I began to sense God’s leading to share our story. I just hope a mom out there - somewhere, anywhere - feels less alone about miscarriage, pregnancy loss, and/or stillbirth upon reading this.

October 10, 2021

Surprise! Baby Williams #2 is on the way!

October 10, 2021/ Crystal Williams

Hardest secret to keep from y’all but n0w it’s out so let’s TALK about it! I figured a timeline may help break it all down and help keep me on track. (I’m prone to ramble, ha!) But whatever you do, please read until the end. I have something important to share down there.*

June 08, 2021

Have You Drifted? (Good Reads To Help You Stay The Course)

June 08, 2021/ Crystal Williams

Have you ever thought about the fact that while in the water in order to drift all you have to do is. . .
nothing. Absolutely nothing. Do nothing and you drift.

It may be slow. Probably subtle. A little wave here, another wave there. But nonetheless, if you do nothing, you’ll drift. The same thing happens to us spiritually. When we do nothing, we can drift away. And that is undoubtedly the resounding heart beat of Christine Caine’s new book, “How Did I Get Here?”.

May 31, 2021

Cleft Palate Repair (hour by hour breakdown + tips for recovery)

May 31, 2021/ Crystal Williams

Be advised, Josiah’s palate repair was the hardest thing we’d done on this journey so far. This read may seem heavy, really heavy. But by the end you, parents to cleft warriors or faithful reader, will find hope. As we have. Because as dark as the night may be, the light always overcomes it. Now, let the hour by hour breakdown of this surgery day begin.

April 19, 2021

A Time For Everything (Williams Life Update)

April 19, 2021/ Crystal Williams

I’m just going to get right to it, over the past holiday season our family experienced a big transition. And I’m excited to finally talk about it with you all in this way! Often times we only talk about God “opening doors” in the sense of a new door to walk through. But have you ever considered God may open a door in a way of communicating, “that was it” “you’re done here” “let’s move on to the next thing” “time to go” “walk away” “you’re work here is done”?

March 09, 2020

In The Word Every Day (He Reads Truth Bible Review + 50% OFF CODE)

March 09, 2020/ Crystal Williams

When life suddenly changes, what do you rest assured in?
When you find yourself in the darkest of night, what lights your path?
When you’re pressed and crushed on every side, what do you cling to?
These words which will never pass away, HIS WORDS, are what I must place all my hope and trust in.

November 08, 2019

Cleft Lip Repair (hour by hour breakdown + packing list)

November 08, 2019/ Crystal Williams

I wanted to share Josiah’s lip surgery a little more in detail for those interested. My hopes with this blog post is to enlighten any of our friends and family or future cleft parents curious about how surgeries go for cleft cuties. I’ve included pictures and video, as well as a packing list and tips for any parent of a cleft baby.

April 19, 2019

The Reality of Good Friday (and how to celebrate it)

April 19, 2019/ Crystal Williams

Get the matching outfits, prep the roast, plan for family coming in, clean the house for Easter lunch, get the baskets ready, hide the eggs…

We fall into the Hallmark holiday musts that we hardly observe the true meaning of a sacred holiday. And how on earth is GOOD Friday even actually good? How do we observe or yet, celebrate a day when the Son of man was beaten, hung on a cross, crucified and left to die?

March 30, 2019

Reading The Bible As A Family

March 30, 2019/ Crystal Williams

If you know us, it’s no secret that Calvin and I both love God and love His word. With our very first baby on the way, we undoubtably desire to teach our little one about God and look forward to watching his or her knowledge of Him grow.

October 19, 2018

You Are Who He Says You Are (a free printable)

October 19, 2018/ Crystal Williams

I DON’T HAVE THIS DOWN.

Hear me out. I still struggle to understand every single day that my identity is God given, not self or others given. Let me explain…

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So I missed out on Mother’s Day here in Bristol and I missed out on Mother’s Day in America.

Mother’s Day in the UK was on the 10th of March. We arrived March 26th.

It’s a bit odd to celebrate a day when no one else around

✨ Cheers, friends! And a very Happy Easter from our familia to yours. ✨

(i listen to this song every resurrection Sunday and it brings me to tears and stirs up my spirit with immense hope and joy every single year. today, in our new flat’s lit

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