Meet Crystal Lewis. This sponsor comes with a bit of a story. See one night as I was reading through my instagram comments (@rubyellenbratcher), I noticed one name that stood out to me. Crystal Lewis. I thought that was interesting considering that growing up I have always loved famed christian artist Crystal Lewis. I thought it was a funny coincidence. I did more snooping to find out about this commenter and lo and behold it was the real Crystal Lewis. In the local church I grew up in, her songs were probably the most often sung as a special number and every girl wanted to sing like her. Once I realized that it was the Crystal Lewis who left the comment, then I went to her blog and saw that I was one of the blogs she read, I pretty much peed in my pants. I still remember being in the nosebleed section of Angel's stadium and watching her sing. Mind you it was 12:30 in the morning when I made this discovery and Ben was asleep, so I called my parents' house to tell them of my news. I knew they'd be awake. They're party animals. They were just as pee in your pants excited about it as I was. What did I do after that?! Well you betcha I twittered her and emailed her some crazed fan email! Seriously. I love Crystal Lewis!

Crystal Lewis is an amazing singer and godly woman. I love her blog for its encouragement and honesty and how she constantly points me to Christ. She is also a homeschooling mama of two (well, only one now), raise two godly children (this one sings too), and she obviously has much more wisdom than me, so I definitely look up to her. In this time of a gazillion and bazillion blogs about a gazillion and bazillion things, I am happy to have hers as one that has a good mix of life, love, and encouragement. Take a gander through the Crystal Lewis blog and I am sure you will agree...

Anyone else grow up listening to Crystal Lewis?