As most of you know, I’m the second oldest of eight kids and I grew up in a really big family. With five girls and three boys (and most of us being taller than 6 feet), we’re quite the sight walking into a restaurant together. I have honestly loved being a part of such a […]
My younger sisters (Ellissa, Rebekah, and Suzanna) and I sat in our kitchen nook late into the night. We chatted about our weeks and then landed on this topic: How to be an adult daughter who chooses to live at home. Rebekah is nineteen, Ellissa is twenty-six, and I am thirty (I lived at home […]
My family adores Christmas traditions; we look forward to them every year. Christmas breakfast always looks the same. Christmas dinner always looks the same. The stockings hanging on the fireplace always look the same. We love doing the same things year after year after year! One of my family’s most special Christmas traditions started when […]
Today I get to introduce to you a 35-year-old love story. This couple is very special to me because they happen to be my parents. I am so excited to introduce to you to Mike (my dad) and Heidi (my mom). With over 35 years of marriage experience, this amazing couple has been an example […]
We didn’t agree. There was tension. They couldn’t see things my way and I couldn’t see things their way. With my voice cracking and tears of frustration pouring down my face, I stomped back to my room. Say hello to my sixteen-year-old self, struggling with authority. Growing up, my parents and I always had a […]
When you’re young, you feel like you’re going to be young forever. That’s how I felt when I was a teen. I was young, and I couldn’t imagine being any older. Then — in a blink of an eye — I woke up one morning and found myself turning 30. Bam! Now here I am, […]
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