Hi sweet friend, I’m Sara.
That’s S.A.R.A, no H. I am a Christ follower, wife, mom, sister, daughter, and friend.
I am the wife of the single greatest human I have ever met, whom radically changed the course of my life.
I am mama to four beautiful incredible daughters, that I still can’t believe I have the privilege of loving. Four girls later, I am just about certain they are teaching me so much more than I could ever teach them.
I have one older sister and that particular role has been the foundation of every relationship after it. Your siblings are typically the people you know longest in life, when healthy and applicable, cherish them.
I am the daughter of Jody & Greg. If you knew them, it would speak for itself. Chances are you don’t, so I’ll just let you know right here, they are special, like (28 year therapeutic foster parent, adoptive parent, missionary, and advocate for those that need a voice) special.
Before my first daughter was born I worked in social work. I worked licensing and placing foster children and as a case worker in a behavioral wilderness program for at risk teenage girls. I still think and pray for those girls, y’all imprinted on my heart.
I’ve lived in Honduras teaching English and participating in humanitarian outreach.
I am a lover of reading. A self proclaimed bibliophile. I love books. There’s something for me about holding a book in my hand. The smell. The experience of closing it and looking around realizing my life has changed from someone else’s words.
When you think of me, think of me as a friend that desires to bind books together. To take loose and tattered pages and align them back together to clearly read the story.
Educationally, I’ve acquired a BSCJ and an MPH. To be totally honest with you, I don’t know how it all correlates and I don’t even know what it is I want to “do” anymore in regards to vocation.
What I do know is that my four daughters have taught me that regardless of profession, what I really want is to journey along others as we discover who we were made to be. And friends, one thing I know is what we are… deeply loved.
When I kiss my girls goodbye, as often as I can, I tell them to shine their light. It is my prayer that no matter where they are and what circumstance they find themselves in, they always remember that they are the candle never meant to be hidden. They are meant to be placed in a lamp-stand to give light to the whole house. This isn’t just applicable for the first decade of our life. It’s applicable whoever you are, wherever you find yourself.
Shine your light.
Xoxo,
Sara
Four Girls Later 