Real Mom. Real Hustle. Real Talk.

Maybe we’ll update the title later but for now, it suits. I’ve been wanting to start a blog for quite some time but the timing never felt right & when it did, I had this awful fear that it would fail terribly. Guess what – it still could fail terribly but it is something I WANT to do. It’s a space that allows an outlet to share things that I love, share my thoughts on various topics within motherhood, support/empower other women & so much more.

Enjoy a quick 1st Entry:

It’s a New Year: 2025. It hit me that this time 20 years ago, I was coming back from my last High School winter break & getting ready to take on my final months of Senior Year. I loved my high school years and to think that I’ll be celebrating a 20 year reunion this year baffles me. The thought that I’ve been out of high school longer than the age I was when I graduated is mindblowing.

Age is a wild thing. I’m grateful that I’ve been on this Earth for 37 years but it also scares me quite a bit. Have I accomplished everything I thought I would have by this age? Is everything all worth it so far? Am I happy?

The 1st of the year brought a lot of questions to myself and as I sat with them, I figured out that this year I need to re-find & redefine myself. Ever since the moment I found out I was pregnant with Cameron, I’ve changed. To even try and grasp at the person I used to be prior to having Cameron, seems like an eternity away clouded by the rough year I had ahead of the best news I could ever hear.

The year prior, I was really sad. I already knew, from a young age, that if I ever wanted a child that I would need intervention right away. We spent time going to an infertility specialist only to hear that I am at high risk for cancer & not a candidate for IUI or IVF due to my levels being so low (& only worse with intervention because we tried anyway). Some people knew or thought something was up but never truly understood what I had been going through. I felt very alone even though, at surface level, I had a lot of people around me. Not being able to have a child just devastated me & I was not my best self by any means.

Fast forward to Christmas Eve 2019 – a miracle happened and I found out I was pregnant with Cam. Then, I spent 2020 working from home due to Covid and sick all pregnancy further distancing myself from myself.

So what do I do with that? Well – I’ll tell you this: It’s not what I was doing. Perhaps that’s why this Blog is beginning. I’m excited to share this journey with y’all and hope that this part of my story & path will resonate with other women. We will laugh, celebrate, cry & more together so buckle up and get ready for a fun ride!