I’m so glad you’re here!
Welcome to my midlife chapter, where this journey is about choosing growth, sharing the real stuff, and becoming more me than I’ve felt in a long time. Here you’ll find reflections and motherhood, mindset and motivation, and the ins and outs of a full-time mom learning how to LIVE life, not just get through it. It’s not perfect or curated, but it’s real, and I’m grateful you’re here to share it.
Hang on, it’s a wild ride!
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Married! Finally!
Always unconventional, and we love it that way! We have spent the last 19 years together, navigating this journey, building a life, creating a home that started as just me and 3 kiddos and 3 cats. As a single mom, my life was busy. James was long haul trucking, gone for 3+ weeks a time,…
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April Fools. WTF?!
Happy April, friends. I know, it’s technically spring, but as per usual here in North Dakota, it looks more like a snow globe than a ray of sunshine and breath of fresh air. Honestly, I was hoping this year would be different, that we’d move right into the spring months like other places, but instead, we’re bundled…
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Rewriting My Rules: That’s Freedom!
What was, isn’t always what is. It doesn’t matter that I have felt invincible, that everything was on the right track, or that my passions were concrete. Sometimes things just change. Sometimes that feels like a gradual, harmonious transition. Other times it’s a 9.9 on the Richter Scale and the abrupt shake up leaves you…
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Wondering, Thinking, Figuring It Out – What Am I Doing Here?!
Midlife is so incredibly weird. One day you feel like you have it all figured out, the next you’re questioning everything. And honestly? That’s exactly why I’m here. By this time in my life, I thought I’d be living my life’s plan in full effect. But some days, I just sit here and shake my…
