Before I was a published author, I started a creative business called GraceLaced, and before it was a full-fledged company, it was a blog I spent 6 years writing on. In the years before the blog, I was just tinkering with creative projects after the kids went to bed.
And before I was creating in the margins, I was an unlikely new boy mom learning how to balance public ministry with my pastor + headmaster husband Troy (still my man, but no longer in these roles).
Further back, before I was a newlywed, I was an art major with big and impossible dreams… and even before I became an art major, I was a biochemistry major, secretly delighting in writing and creating.
God weaves every part of our wanted and unwanted seasons into the fabric of the Story he writes for us! So, here’s to not skippin a paragraph or jumping to the end. He’s the Author of full-circle and he completes every story he writes.
The more you’re in awe of the grace of God through Christ, the less impressed you are at yourself, and the more you are grateful for your spouse. Against all odds, Troy and I love each other more today because God has been faithful when hard and hopeless could’ve had their way. I love him more than I thought I could, and he loves me more than I deserve.
And what can I say about these handsome young men? Yes there are six of them: Caleb, Liam, Judah, Stone, Asa, and Haddon. Yes, they’re all mine, birthed one at a time. No, we weren’t just trying for a girl. And yes, all six Simons mancubs scrub toilets, cook meals, clean house, and do their own laundry, so: their future wives can thank me later.
One thing is for sure—this family reminds me over and over what a grace it is that Jesus had His way.
+ I WAS BORN IN TAIWAN AND SPEAK MANDARIN CHINESE.
+ I CAN’T WHISTLE.
+ I’M ALWAYS IN THE MOOD FOR PHO.
+ BRITNEY SPEARS POSTED ABOUT MY ARTWORK ON INSTAGRAM ONE TIME.
+ I DIDN’T SPEAK ENGLISH UNTIL I WAS IN THE FIRST GRADE.
+ I’VE NEVER TAKEN MY KIDS TO DISNEY.
+ I CAN’T STOP EATING SALT AND VINEGAR CHIPS.
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Ruth Chou Simons is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author of several books, including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and When Strivings Cease. She is an artist, entrepreneur, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Through her online shoppe at GraceLaced.com and her social media community, Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys—their greatest adventure.
