Welcome To North Fourth Street
A Place To Belong
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December 6, 2018
At 3:15 a.m. on December 6th, 2018 the earth stood still. My one and only confidant on this Earth, my grandma, drew her last breath. I was asleep and my phone was buzzing on my nightstand next to me but I didn’t hear it. I was awoken instead by my husband, who had just gotten home […]
Strength Comes In Small Packages
My Aunt Every once in awhile, if we are lucky, we get to encounter someone in this life that defies the odds and is the definition of strength and bravery. Not only has this person been a great source of inspiration for me, but she has also genuinely guided me through some of the hardest […]
The Day I Let God Work It Out
I was petrified of being put to sleep. Other than 2 cesarean sections in which I was awake, I had made it 37 years without having anything with my body go wrong to where I needed surgery. Then I hit a roadblock and there was no getting out of this one. A reoccurring cyst that […]
Sunday Night Syndrome is Real
The end of the weekend comes crashing down like a wave consuming you, not letting you up for air. Time to focus. Time to get your head back in the game. Finishing the laundry, meal plan, lunches to be packed, dinner to be thawed, backpacks to pack and itineraries to line out. But it is […]
An Open Letter to my Grandma
Dear grandma, It has been 11 long months here without you. Sometimes I miss you so bad it is unbearable, and most times it is all still so unbelievable to me that you are gone. Every day that passes is another day farther away from you I get. I cringed when it turned 2019 knowing […]
I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant: A Complete Birth Story
Something Is Missing Early in the year 2017, I had noticed this overwhelming complacent feeling! My son was about to be 13 and was quickly outgrowing his mother. My role with him was getting smaller. I loved it when he was little. It all went so fast and seemed so fleeting! He is the one […]
I Love My Job
I love my job. Have I mentioned that lately? Well, I do. Ask me in a month and I might say differently. There are times where if you would have asked me 6 months ago, I would have just looked at you and cried. Even with that being the case, I still would not want […]
So God Made A Grandma
When God gave me you as a grandma, he knew exactly what he was doing. He knew that my life would be a little rocky starting out and that I would need you and grandpa to have my back. So, God gave me a grandma that traveled states away to come to see me when […]
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