May is national foster care awareness month… and honestly, this is the first year I have ever noticed the foster care village. Of course, I’ve known a few families who have fostered over the years, but my overall awareness of everything related to foster care has been very minimal up until a few months ago. […]
Dear Luke, Olivia, and Ella (Lukey, Liviegirl, and Sissy), I don’t know why God chose to have me become your nanny, but I know that the 253 days I spent with you changed my life. When I first stepped into the role of being your nanny, I had no idea what I was doing. I […]
Backstory: A couples months ago I posted about working out and how I’ve started to really actually enjoy it over the past year. Then July 24th rolled around and Xav decided that it was time to fulfill his long time dream of running an obstacle race (with me). The only problem was that the Michigan […]
Xav and I “officially” discovered Parks and Rec (the TV show) several Thanksgiving Days ago on our way to a family lunch… but it wasn’t until our honeymoon that we became true fans. On one of the days, we were planning to hit the road early and go to the dunes before it got too […]
Words can never describe her influence on me or the immense privilege it is to be her daughter. She is beautiful and kind, she feels deeply, thinks intelligently, loves fully, and serves endlessly. It seems prescribed to write these things on a day like today… and I wish that weren’t the case because my mom […]
I broke out my notebook this morning and opened up to my 2018 goals and mantras page. How have I already forgotten so many of them? Why have I been so ungrateful when one of my few goals was to take time to be thankful? Why do I keep trying to do things in my […]
It has been a while since I loved a non-Marvel, non-comedy movie. I tend to know what I like and stick with that. For movies that means it’s either superheroes, comedies, or old classics. I saw a trailer for ‘The Greatest Showman” a few months ago and I told Xav that I wanted to see […]