Sweet Potato Kale Soup for Healing

One of my precious friends is gearing up for her fourth birth! Her midwives recommend a post-labor soup with Sweet Potato & Kale specifically for healing but she wasn’t into the recipe she had last time. I volunteered to make her one for this go round, which is a pretty hefty task. I mean, after […]

Elijah’s Birth Story

*Elijah turned 5 a few weeks ago and in that time I was in the process of moving all of the website over so here is the birth story from August 2013 in all it’s glory. I have writings on my FIRST blog website that goes into greater detail about our faith journey with Elijah […]

Learning to Love My Postpartum Body

Oh friends. I feel like I’ve been waiting to write this post since the day Luke was born. On March 30, 2017, I posted this photo with this caption: “Every birth changes you in unexpected ways. All 3 of mine have been vastly different in every aspect. These past few days I have actually rested […]

5 Things I Wish I Knew: Breast Feeding After Breast Reduction Surgery

Ahhh… Breastfeeding. Today, we are celebrating Luke turning ONE YEAR OLD (insert silent crying here. slow down, kids!) *I* am also celebrating something else today: ONE FULL YEAR of Exclusively Breastfeeding Luke!!! Now, for some women this may be no big deal but for me, it’s a HUGE deal. I grew up with a larger […]

Luke’s Birth Continued…

What a whirlwind day having Luke was! He is MORE than everything we could’ve ever dreamed our third baby could be. He is absolute perfection in our eyes! We got to sit in the tub for a few moments looking at his sweet face and soaking in all the goodness before we decided to move […]

Our Precious March Surprise!

This story is so near and dear to my heart. I wrote about Luke’s birth nearly one year ago today! Time flies. I will share my first two births this year with all of you as well but for now… let’s start with baby #3: March 27, 2017 started out much the same as every […]

Fan the flame.

` Well hello friends! Welcome to my little writing space! It sure does take some time to be able to sit down with my own thoughts long enough to write my first post. This has been stirring in me for quite some time and I am hoping I can share who I am, where I’ve […]