Life in a camper...with kids...during a pandemic...while building...not as crazy as you’d think.
It all began with a dream to build a home that fits our family perfectly. So we did what any family would do; we talked to builders,...
”The Dream Team” who doesn't love the sound of that? It sounds perfect! This is what I thought I should strive for as a mother and a wife. I was so far off! In a 2020 social world, it...
Everyone's pregnancy story isn't met with excitement, joy, and happiness.
Sometimes the news is devastating, scary, and worrisome.
I know first hand what an unexpected pregnancy looks like...the guilt, the shame, the confusion. It's a heavy burden to carry especially alone.
This...
Parenting is hard. Single parenting is rough. Parenting in the face of addiction is mind-numbing. Addiction doesn't care where you live, what you drive, or how many children you have. It finds it's way into every occupation and profession....
Our son was born on a Friday evening in the living room of our 1870s farmhouse. Fast and intimate, it was the healing birth I needed. And the dream home birth I didn't realize I needed.
We weren’t planning a...
We all know that date nights are important for our marriages. We also know that it is easy to put date night on the back burner when we are knee-deep in parenting, work, and our day to day lives....
February 14, 2021
Special:4 course meal and dessert including:
1. Lobster Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp
2. Chopped Vegetable Insalata with Herbed Balsamic Dressing
3. House bread and compound butter with toaster orzo and chicken soup
4. Main course: pepper crusted NY strip, lemon herb chicken...
After being single for most of my adult life, I got married at 38.
To a widower.
Whose first wife died of brain cancer.
Who was raising two young children on his own.
You might be thinking, "Dang. That's a movie."
Which one are you...
When I became a mother to our sweet girl, Melody, during the Grand Toledo Polar Vortex, in the weeks that followed all I wanted was to have my mom around. I grew up in a small town in Adams...
Rewind to 2011, I had this whole fairytale romance and picture-perfect future mapped out, or so I thought. Fast forward a little while to March 2012 and I’m a month out from welcoming our beautiful baby girl into the...
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