Personal

I’ve never shared this story with anyone but my husband. To be honest, it’s embarrassing, and left me feeling like a complete failure. I was so confused, too. I never understood what the reason was behind their decision to fire me. And I still don’t, even 8 years later. But that doesn’t take the sting away.

Eleanor’s due date came and went well before we were able to do anything in terms of getting a nursery ready for her. Our initial plan was that we were going to have both of our girls share a bedroom. Then the week she was born our family situation took a little bit of an […]

I yelled for my husband and I cried and cried while I told him that we finally had our chance at having our last baby. I couldn’t even wait to plan something super fun for him – I just blurted it out while we stood in the kitchen holding each other.

We woke up this morning with an extra sense of excitement. Holly our Elf wrote our youngest a super sweet note telling her about what it’s like to live at the North Pole. She found a little branch on our Christmas tree to perch on, too. I’m a little sad knowing that she’ll be going […]

Being a solo-preneur has it’s own set of challenges. But what in the world are you supposed to do when you don’t have a staff to lean on in times when you’re desperately needed somewhere else? 

Our first two weeks of homeschooling has been a learning experience for all of us. Especially for my husband and I. I honestly think we’ve learned more from homeschooling than our daughter has! But one major lesson I’ve learned is that I am the one in control of our schedules, and if we need to take a day off from school to go to the beach or to run errands, I can do that – guilt free!

Last month I joined a group of women online who wanted to make a change to their eating habits. There were some pros and cons for me with this new way of eating and I’ll admit, I fell off the wagon pretty quickly after my wallet started screaming for mercy. However, there is one really great thing I picked up from that group and I’ve added to daily morning routine. I’d like to share this with you today in hopes that it might be something you fall in love with, too.

Wedding season has finally started for me. I feel like I’ve been in hiding since November of last year only to come out of my hibernation for weddings. (It’s a MUCH welcomed change!) And, last but not least, we’ve made the very important (albeit, also scary) decision to…homeschool our 5 year old daughter.

Even to this day she’s the same curious and content little girl she was on the day she was born. She’s taught me so many lessons about dealing with fear and what unconditional love feels like. My heart grew so much the day she was born! Happy 5th birthday, Thea McKenzie! I couldn’t be more proud to be your mama!