Best Amazon Fashion Finds I used to do try on sessions all the time a couple years ago, and honestly I missed doing them! My mom would watch the kids for me so I could scoot out to the mall…
How to Grow Your Relationship with God with an Overloaded Schedule
I want to give a little backstory of my spiritual journey and relationship with God. Because at this point in my life, it looks a whole lot different than it used to. I am 30 years old. I was raised…
Valentine’s Day as a Widow
It is a day that revolves around love. Celebrating it, showing it, experiencing it. I wrote on my Instagram this week how even though this will be my second Valentine’s Day since my husband passed, this is the first year…
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide For Him and Her
I had a little fun online shopping and compiling a Valentine’s Day gift guide this morning! I found a bunch of items that you can give to your significant other, your best friend, or even yourself (I won’t tell…). Less…
My Journey with Fitness & My Winter Workout Uniform
Shop this outfit and my favorite running & winter accessories here! It is no secret that I LOVE to work out. And two of the most common questions I get asked is how to find time as a mom and…
Saying Yes To Help
Allow people to help. As soon as Marcus died and I could catch my breath, I started the most daunting task of my life: telling people. How do you even begin that conversation? This is something so horrifying, so shocking,…
One Year Without You
It hurts so bad to live this life without him. We are doing really well in spite, but it’s awful. The worst thing I would have imagined in this life would have been him dying. And it happened. And it still doesn’t make sense to me because he was GOOD. And godly. And loving. And honest. And loyal. And all that is so rare.
Year In Review // Decade Recap
A lot has changed in the past ten years, and even more this year. Going through pictures and memories from this year has me remembering the big adventure we have lived! I love doing a year in review and am…
A Year Ago Today Was the Last Day I Saw My Son-in-Law
Grief as a mother-in-law is complicated. I wept for the son-in-law that I loved like a son. I wept for my daughter who lost her soul mate. I wept for my three grandbabies that lost the best daddy in the…
Vulnerability
This year could have ruined me. It could have made me lose all hope and reason for living. It wasn’t my favorite year, if I am being completely honest. And I haven’t even shared some other tragic things that I…
A Letter to my Children
I hope you know how incredible you are. That if you have survived this, survived this year, that you can do anything. Even though you were so young, you’ve endured one of the hardest things any person would have to…
Life as a Single Mom and Young Widow
I wrote an article that provides insight to my life as a single mom and young widow. If you are interested in what life looks like for me and how you can best help, click the link! https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/real-parent-stories/life-as-a-single-mom-and-young-widow/
