Hey Friends! I’m so glad you’re here. If you’re seeing this, then either you’ve scrolled back to the beginning or you’re one of my first official visitors. Either way, I’m privileged to have the opportunity to share a bit of my life with you.

Today is my Thirtieth birthday! I can’t think of a better way to launch my 30’s than with a new blog.

Looking back, my twenties shaped me in ways for which I’ll be forever grateful. I became a wife, mother, sister(in-law) many times over, aunt, and friend. I’ve said good bye to people I’ve loved. I’ve left relationships that were detrimental and chosen to cultivate life giving friendships. I’ve changed churches without giving up on God. I’ve renovated a house or two and designed beautiful projects affecting daily life for many people. One of which won an award. I’ve worked both full time and part time and changed jobs. I studied for and obtained my professional Interior Design license. I’ve embraced passions and hobbies and learned many things about myself. I’ve wrestled with grief, depression, longing, heartache, and relationship struggles. I have deconstructed values I grew up with and formed my own beliefs based on the Bible, biblical principles, and my own convictions.

In many ways my twenties changed my life for the better! I met and married the love of my life before 21 and I am forever grateful for the youth we had together. Our lives are better with each other in it. Dusten is the sweet to my salty and the technology to my creativity. We faced a life threatening pregnancy together and came out the other side with our beautiful son. We’ve wrestled with secondary infertility and faced adoption opportunities head on. Dusten is a kind and faithful leader and because of him, I can be brave and confident.

My twenties taught me a lot, but now I’m ready for the next decade. It’s time to close that chapter and embrace who God is shaping me to be. I truly don’t like parts of my story, but they are mine. My prayer for my thirties is that I will own my story – that I will be bold enough to share struggles and heartaches along with the mountain top moments. Would you join me on this journey of vulnerability?

“Don’t miss the opportunities God sends because you can’t find the logic in it. God is not (always) logical.”

Paster Terrell Huntley (Lake Forest Huntersville, July 18, 2021)