The War Between Parents

Motherhood is one of the most controversial topics on the planet.

"When are you gonna have kids?"

"Are you still having kids?! Don't you know how that works?"

"You are staying home with them, right?"

"When are you getting back to work?"

"Bottle-fed? Do you want them to die?"

"Ew, don't feed your baby here, nobody wants to see your boobs!"

The list goes on.

The Red Starbucks Cup

Hey guys!

I know it's been a while, and everyone is probably expecting a catch up post or something. And I will do one of those eventually.

Just not today.

Today, I am ranting.

Last night, while I was feeding the baby, I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, as per usual, and I came across an article about Starbucks and their new holiday season cups.

Looking for Superman

My husband and I have been married for a little over 7 months now. We are expecting our first baby in about 10 weeks.

I was 18 years old when I married Jesse, he turned 21 the week after our wedding. At the time of our wedding, we had only known each other since about September of the previous year, and only been dating for 3 months. When he proposed, we got married a month later.

Horn in the West: what does it mean to you?

If you come to the High Country of North Carolina, you will probably make a stop in Boone. If it's summer time, you're sure to find lots of activities to join in on.

If you have kids (or if you're a kid at heart yourself) you might make a stop at Tweetsie Railroad, a family-friendly, historic, wild-west themed amusement park that you will only find up in the beautiful Appalachian mountains.

You might also take the time to stroll around the beautiful, historic downtown Boone, where most of the buildings have stood for decades. If you were to stop a local and ask them, they would tell you that as far back as their great-grandparents remember some of the buildings.


You will probably spend a Saturday strolling through the local Farmer's Market, filled with fresh baked goods, locally grown produce, crafts galore, and sometimes some little surprises you didn't expect to find.

I really mean that it's worth the wait.

Do you remember when I wrote about waiting for the right person to come along?

Do you remember how I told you it would be hard?

Do you remember I told you that it would be worth it?

I can now tell you that I am 100% sure that it will be worth it.

Yes, that is an engagement ring. And yes, it is mine.

Jesse Schools asked me to marry him on Thursday, April 24th. I said yes.

Until I met Jesse, I had only had one other boyfriend, but we mostly just talked online, and I never ever kissed him or anything like that.

In fact, I had never kissed anyone until after Jesse and I were engaged, not even him.

It may seem ridiculous to a lot of people, but I can honestly say that I am very glad that I didn't date around, and that I didn't go off giving my affection to other people before Jesse. It's all been for only him. And he was the same way. He was 20 years old before he had his first kiss, before he even had his first girlfriend, and that was all me.

It's a wonderful feeling to know that someone out there waited for you because they didn't want to find someone less than perfect for them. And it's also a wonderful feeling to have waited for someone else in the same way. Because I don't have any unnecessary emotional or physical baggage.

I'm not saying that I never had a crush in all my years, I'm pretty sure that's impossible. But I've only ever fallen in love with Jesse, and crush is fleeting and goes away.

I only have about 4 weeks to plan the wedding, because May 25th, Jesse's 21st birthday, is the date. It's going to be a difficult 4 weeks, because we have a lot of work to do, and it's not going to be very easy. But I have a lot of loving family and friends who have offered to help with anything they can. Jesse is going to be working a lot, because we are buying a house. It's a lot to handle, but it's very very exciting.

I hope that anyone who has been reading my blog and following my story has been encouraged. Don't worry, it is possible to wait for the one that God has for you, you don't have to test everyone out.

I love you guys!!! I'll try to write again, but I am going to be very busy!

Cheers!!

Hallway Kids

In the movie, The Breakfast Club, there are several main characters to the plot of the story. It's a Brain, an Athlete, a Basket Case, a Princess, and a Criminal. They grow a special bond during the course of a detention one Saturday.

Each of the kids in this story are typical plot kids. You know what I'm talking about, it's the kids that movies are about. That movies are always about.

American Christians

The country I live in, the infamous United States of America, is a predominately Christian nation. We're the land of the free, we're welcome, and even encouraged to be anything we want: Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists, anything we can think of. Nobody is forced into Christianity, not by any means, it's chosen because people want it.