Hey sweet boy, It’s a matter of days or weeks before I meet you. I feel like time flashed and we arrived here. It’s bittersweet because you’re likely the last babe that’ll ever call my belly home but I’m so ready to have you in my arms. This pregnancy has been the greatest gift. Probably…
The time is flying by this pregnancy and there’s some things I just never ever want to forget about this time. Like the way B pulls up my shirt and hugs and kisses “the baby” every single night before bed and throughout the days sometimes. He’s completely smitten already and loves this little of brother…
“Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people….
I know things feel harder right now in a lot of ways. Everyone is dealing with a different challenge right now. Challenges are normal but the current stage of the country makes things feel harder. So I want to remind you – whatever choices you’re facing right now, it’ll be okay and the decisions you…
Today is World Day Against Trafficking. Since I learned the depth of this heartbreaking reality months ago and that the US is the capital of human trafficking, it’s weighed heavily on my heart. Part of it is being a compassionate human, the other part is being a parent not being able to fathom a child…
The past couple months I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the world we’re raising our children up in right now. The chaos, the turmoil, the government overreach. Sometimes I let my mind entertain fear but instead flip it on its head and choose faith. I lean into the appreciation that my eyes were…
My heart overflowed with joy tonight. The sounds of their shrieks and giggles of pure joy could have lit up the whole city tonight when we surprised them with a trip to the park. The parks reopened here this week and we made sure to go tonight. The kids needed the normalcy and reminder that…
Thankful. Thankful for fresh air, vitamin D from the sunshine and that these are my people I get to do life with. I found myself frustrated yesterday morning when our initial plans for the day went array. The “new normal” of lately is new territory and a slippery slope. Our kids are watching the choices…
I was laying in bed last night thinking all about everything going on right now. Everything is a bit chaotic for everyone now. There’s uncertainly, there are theories, there are lives that feel completely upside down right now. We’ve stepped into something that’s pretty much uncharted territory and I’m not sure many know what to…
It starts with us. Process by process, explanation by explanation, choice by choice. We’re planting the seeds for the generations to come. If we want to make a shift to what we deem acceptable in our life – it starts here with us. When we take our kids alongside us, making them a part of…
I’ve spent a lot of time in my life doing this dance of trying to keep it all together but never being too much. Being helpful and loving people well but trying to never overstep. To be fun without being TOO fun and silly. To be a listening ear to others empowering them while not…
10 Years. 3650 days. A decade of being your wife. We’ve gone through some gut-wrenching lows, some incredible highs with many adventures (figuratively and literally) in between through this last decade of marriage. Things have never been “easy” for us but I know one thing for sure – there’s nothing we can’t conquer together. We’ve…
We had the best time this last weekend at the Texas motor Speedway at the 2019 Freedom Fest. We surprise the kids by taking them down and letting them know they were going to get to watch some of their favorite artists. We are Messengers, Mandisa, Micah Tyler, Pat Barrett, Austin French, and For King…
“Tomorrow isn’t promised.” We’ve all heard it or said it but we don’t truly GET IT until the rug is pulled out from beneath us. For me, it was my grandmother’s passing just over 2 years and two months ago. I went back and forth on when to go back as she’d get better, decline…
9 years ago, we said I do and what a wild 9 years it’s been. Here we are walking into our 10th year of marriage. It’s 12.75 years of being his girl. We’ve lived 10 different houses. 4 different states. 3 amazing kids. We’re just 2 people that know 1 thing for sure – at…
I’d like to introduce all of you to our new family member, Bodhi (bow-dee). Lovingly already getting the nickname Bodhi Bear because when he “talks” he sounds like a grizzly bear. We adopted this sweet boy this last Friday from the local SPCA of Texas. He is about 10 months, is very well mannered, and…
There’s a constant “hamster wheel” feeling when you first move somewhere new. It’s when you move to anywhere new really but it’s even more so when you move hundreds or thousands of miles away from everything your past life consisted of. Add in kids and it feels nonstop. There’s an ebb and flow that comes…
In two weeks our moving truck will be pulling away from our house to make its journey to our new home in Texas. Thinking about how different our life will be a month from now is a bit surreal. Our time in Pennsylvania has been good to us on many levels. We’ve got the kindest…
Last night I said goodbye to my friend of nearly 14 years, a few days shy of his 14th birthday. A friend that has been consistently by my side longer than anyone else. I was his entire world. It was a common conversation of “where’s Rudy?” “Oh, with mommy.” He was always by my side…
I’m currently sitting here at my dining room table with my coffee to my right and all three of my sweet babes still asleep. The birds are outside of my door chirping after a night of rain. I haven’t ever lived somewhere the birds are so audible all day every day and I’m certainly not…