The Closet Challenge & Why I Feel Like a TARDIS

Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and beginning of the Year of Mercy! I honestly can't handle the epicness. Today, I'm linking up with the lovely ladies of Tuesday Talk to discuss something that has been on the backburner of this blog. Some of you might remember how myself-along with a few friends-spent the whole month of October on only 7 items of clothing (excluding underwear, pajamas, and workout clothes). I meant to do a end-of-month post about it, and I had planned to take loads of pictures...but, well, I only took a few photos and I never wrote a post. So today, I'm going to briefly discuss my thoughts on The Closet Challenge-and then I'm going to tie this into how I became like a TARDIS. Don't worry, non-Doctor Who people-I won't make this a geek-heavy post. ;)  


For those of you who want to read my original post about The Closet Challenge, check it out here! In short, for the month of October, I had one dress, three tops, and three skirts from which I could create my outfits. 

 What did this challenge do for me? 

For one thing, it simplified my life. I've never been that fussy of a dresser, but things got way more simple when I only had a few items to choose from. It gave me more time to focus on other things in the morning, like prayer, chatting with my husband, heading out the door to Mass, or eating breakfast. This challenge also helped me get more creative, and I appreciated accessories a lot more. Scarves and jewelry were great items to freshen up my outfits. Another benefit of this challenge is that it made me more intentional with clothing. Since I had only a few items that month, I had to intentionally pick things that would be functional, cute, and versatile. This month-long challenge helped me realize that I can appreciate cute clothes at the store without buying them, and that having a small, intentionally workable wardrobe is better for me than buying a lot of adorable thrift store or sale items. All in all, even though by the end of October I was longingly fingering my other skirts, I still really appreciated this challenge. It has given me the passion to live with a simple wardrobe, and I've been going through my closet to find clothes that I can give away to the needy during this Year of Mercy. 

This challenge also provided a visual sign of how I became like a TARDIS. 
For my non-Whovian friends out there, the TARDIS is the time machine that the Doctor flies around in. It looks like a plain blue phone box on the outside...but it is bigger on the inside! 

When I started watching the show, I realized that the TARDIS can be compared, in a way, to the Tabernacle. The TARDIS is bigger on the inside, and the Tabernacle-a gold box-holds the Body of Jesus Christ, God Himself! The TARDIS looks ordinary, but within its walls, it holds an immense mystery. Keeping that in mind, let's look back at a picture of me during the month of October. 

I look completely normal, right? Nothing strange or out of the ordinary going on. Yet...I had become bigger on the inside.

Sorry for the poor quality of the photo & ultrasound-the bedside machine
was pretty ancient and didn't work so well. The dotted line is measuring the length of Baby,
in case you're wondering what the fuzzy shapes are :) 

Meet Baby Miller, who is currently at 13 weeks (well, as of tomorrow), so he or she is about 11 weeks old! Honestly, Baby Miller makes me feel like a TARDIS. At 13 weeks, in most outfits there is no visible bump, so I look like my pre-pregnant self. But, within my womb, an unrepeatable, irreplaceable, completely unique human person-a being with a body and a soul-has been growing! 

You can slightly see thebump in this
12 1/2 week photo. 

And so, I find it extremely appropriate that the TARDIS is blue and that the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose conception we celebrate today, is often pictured wearing blue. Mary, a mother and a Tabernacle of Christ, was definitely bigger on the inside. And so I continue on in this journey of epic TARDIS-ness and motherhood, asking Mary for her guidance and help. It has been a glorious adventure thus far, full of growth in trust and humility, naps, lots of popcorn, a dose of nausea, and a little bit of vomit here and there. If y'all could please, in your spare time, send up a prayer for myself, Baby, and my awesome husband (who has been an incredible husband and father, taking care of everyone and everything), that would be fantastic :) 

I hope that your week continues to be blessed!