A note from Hilda, Our Founding Director:  

I am so delighted to welcome my dear friend Kay to this space.  Kay will be blessing us as our Blog Editor. A dear dear soul, a long time friend of both mine and Cheerful Hearts and a lover of Jesus will touch your heart with her wit, wisdom and unfeigned self. Kay, I am thrilled at your agreeing to join us in this role! Thank you.

Hi Friends Let’s get to know each other. I’ll go first!

I was raised as a Methodist, trained as a nurse, and love being a mom. My husband and I have been married for 26 years and have two children: Tray who is 24 and Sophie who is 20.  I’ve been humbled to my core by parenting.

I have worked in the operating room, served at a church preschool, been a stay-at-home mom, and started a creative sewing business with two friends that morphed into a ministry for women- The Lydia Project. I love a full table at my house, thrifting and junking for amazing deals, eating wings (no breading), and ethical fashion.  

Until I was well into my adulthood, I didn’t have good, deep friendships. Mainly it was not knowing how to maintain this important part of community. It has taken years of work to show up as the authentic, God-given version of myself.  I’ve been a rebel and a mess-maker from the beginning. God in his Grace has never stopped pursuing me.

During my life I have been in and out of several churches. I feel I am showing up where God calls. Lately life has involved beauty and chaos in the same season.   I have known the ladies of Cheerful Hearts since its inception. I have spent many hours at Hilda’s feet and she has been a vessel to save me from myself.

Currently I am still nursing one day a week, commuting from my far away lake house in Lincolnton, GA. I am beyond blessed to be a part of a wellness community under Dr. Edie Wadsworth on her Young Living team and  I am a Gold Leader. As of late my thoughts and words have found their way out of my mouth and brain and onto social media. I have never been good with boundaries and what to say and not say. Some good and some bad. Still learning. But I always strive to bring Hope and give God the Glory, because the bottom line is Jesus is the way. I embrace this with my whole heart.  

I look forward to getting to know you and us learning from each other. You are invited and welcome in this place! My heart’s desire is that we just keep showing up for each other.

Be Blessed friends.  

Kay Simpson, Blog Editor