What if you could actually love the life you are living right now?

In life, there is the ideal: fulfilling work, thriving relationships, financial security. Not to mention an orderly and beautiful home and children who never misbehave. And then there’s reality: frustrations, illness, feeling overwhelmed and inadequate. We can wait around for our circumstances to change and in the process miss the goodness right in front of us. Or we can choose to love our actual lives, right here and now.

In this entertaining and insightful book, Alexandra Kuykendall chronicles her nine-month experiment to rekindle her love of her ordinary, actual life. After wiping her calendar as clean as a mother of four can, Kuykendall focuses on one aspect of her life each month, searching for ways to more fully enjoy her current season. By intentionally adding one thing each month that will make her jump for joy, she provides a practical challenge you can easily replicate in your life. With humor, poignancy, and plenty of personal stories, she shows how a few small changes can make this crazy-busy life one of holy contentment.

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What Others Are Saying…

 

We can spend our lives wishing for tomorrow, or decide to enjoy God’s goodness today. In Loving My Actual Life, Alex shares how we can cherish each season and find the gold already there. Grab a friend, or ten, to share in this experiment to love your actual life.Rebekah Lyons, author of Freefall to Fly

 

Most of us struggle to like our lives, let alone love them. We look around and want what she has or to be like her. And so we miss our lives–our actual lives. There are lots of books about home organization, self-improvement, and workout routines. This book is different. Starting off with a call to quiet, Alexandra Kuykendall dares herself to invest intentionally in her daily life and discovers not just how to survive but how to love her life. Loving My Actual Life is entertaining and insightful, honest and winsome, challenging and comforting. Here is the journal of a woman who found contentment by choosing it and shares with us how we can as well.Elisa Morgan, speaker; author; Discover the Word Radio; president emerita, MOPS International

    

As moms we can’t help but compare: ourselves, our homes, our kids. Yet as we do we miss our actual life. We allow our unrealistic ideals to darken our days. Enough! Within these pages Alex shares her heart–and her journey–to prioritize her life. She shares her goals, her struggles, and lessons learned. Alex shows us that life isn’t about a point to be reached but rather ways to make the most of the life you already have. Wonderful!Tricia Goyer, author of Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom