For Keisha Fuller, family can best be described as controlled chaos, heavy on the chaos.
Her blended family is anything but traditional, with children ranging in age from 24 to 3. Their home is filled with overlapping conversations, little voices and the beautiful messiness of a house full of life.
At the center of it all is faith.
For Keisha and her husband, Chris, following Jesus has shaped the way they understand marriage, parenting and what it truly means to be a family. Their story, however, has not been one of perfection.
The couple has been together for nearly 20 years, and about four years into their marriage, they found themselves at a place where hope felt scarce. They had reached the end of themselves and realized what they were doing simply wasn't working.
That became the beginning of rebuilding.
Keisha and Chris made the decision to surrender their marriage and lives to Jesus and rebuild with Him at the center. As they began pursuing their faith individually, they discovered they were ultimately on the same team.
That doesn't mean always agreeing. For them, it means remaining committed to finding their way back to one another, even when they begin from different places.
Today, the Fruits of the Spirit serve as their family motto: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. They don't claim to get them right every day, but those qualities represent the kind of home they hope to create.
Some of Keisha's sweetest reminders of faith have come through her youngest children.
“Momma, do you know how much Jesus loves us?”
“Momma, did you know Jesus heals people?”
Their simple belief reminds her that faith doesn't have to be complicated.
Keisha knows she cannot protect her children from every difficult season ahead. Instead, her prayer is that they encounter Jesus early and know where to turn when those seasons come.
For the Fuller family, faith isn't about perfection. It's about continuing to grow while knowing where their foundation lies.
Above all, Keisha hopes her children remember a family that loved deeply, laughed often, clung to truth and ran to Jesus first.