Pregnancy

40 Week Update and How I’m preparing for Baby #3

Pregnancy

Mothers Blessing Shower in the Spring

Pregnancy

37 Week Update and A Picnic with Ticks

Motherhood, Pregnancy

Naptime Reflections about our little girl inside me with one functioning lung

Monthly Tending + Reflection, Transitions

2023 Year in Review

Moving Overseas

How to Pack up your Whole Life into Six Suitcases

It has now been almost 6 months since my husband and I packed up our lives into six fifty-pound suitcases. It was quite a process of sorting, throwing, giving, donating, and deciding what we wanted to take with us to South Asia. There were days I felt like I was just on autopilot and wasn’t able to fully process what I was actually doing and preparing for. There were days of sadness, mourning friends and family I wouldn’t be able to see as often as I had or, as trivial as it may seem, moments of sadness regarding items I had truly grown to cherish that I simply couldn’t take with me.

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New Normals, The Great Outdoors

6 Ideas for How to Rest & Recharge in a Foreign Culture

When you live in a culture that’s not your own, it takes time to figure out what actually gives you rest.

There are no Target runs, often few (if any) cute coffee shops to journal and process life at, and sometimes no other expats to have “girls night” or just hang out with. Shopping can soon become stressful when someone follows you around the store to help you shop.

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homemaking

2 Next-Level Chocolate Desserts I’ve Tweaked to Make Abroad

Before I get to the chocolate, read further for a rundown of the kitchen blender mishap that occurred last week. … Winner winner Turkey Dinner. I made this for Expat Thanksgiving and it was such a hit. One little boy who doesn’t even like dessert was asking his mom for it and devoured it! It’s a rich melt-in-your-mouth chocolate explosion.

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Marriage

In Person at Last: Real Life Dating and The Proposal

We had many conversations about marriage and we both knew we were in it for the long haul. I don’t think it was a certain moment. I remember asking my friend how she knew she was supposed to marry her hubs. She said there comes a point when you know enough about someone, his hopes, dreams, plans for life, and you just decide that you want to spend the rest of life with him. I realized there is usually not a clear voice or a crazy calling.
There’s just a moment –a moment when you realize you are better together than alone.

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Health & Fitness, homemaking, New Normals

5 Steps to Easy Meal Planning

Meal planning helps everyone! It means no ones asks, “What should we have for dinner tonight?” in the midst of a growling stomach. It means there are healthy snacks in the fridge and it means less stress. Which we all want! My friend and I were discussing things we would like to do more consistently this year and meal planning was one of them. It helps the whole week go more smoothly and it’s just something that needs to be prioritized. So I sat down, organized my meal planning life, and came up with a solution that I’m excited to use.

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