10/04/2026
year 24, you were a special one.
24 saw me grow slowly, hesitantly, sometimes reluctantly into motherhood.
Into being a wife who is now also a mom.
Into balancing running a business and running the household.
Into being a woman and not a girl, whose selfish ways were revealed when a tiny human started demanding more than what she thought she could give.
The days were/ are long at times, but man are these years short!
I can’t believe where I am today.
More specifically, I can’t believe where God has brought me to and what He’s blessed me with.
My twenties don’t look ANYTHING like how I pictured they would when I was in high school 😂
some days I have it together! Makeup + hair done, iced coffee, a fun photo shoot / wedding to get to…
but most days are/were spent with crazy, undone hair, no makeup, sweatpants and t-shirts with food or spit up stains on em, bags under my eyes, throwing up (thank you so much pregnancy hormones 🥰), or just fighting to stay calm when everything feels like chaos.
God used year 24 to reveal to me what it really means to be selfless, to give when you feel like you’re running on empty, to not be too prideful to admit “I need help”, to be humble enough to realize: I’m not all rainbows and butterflies- I have ugly parts of me that need to heal and change,
24 taught me what it means to continually pour my cup out, and how important it is to make sure that cup gets refilled with the right fuel.
24 reminded me to care less about the smaller things in life that at times feel really big: money, cute clothes, perfect skin and physique, a bigger house, allll the things I’d love to have 😅…
and to care more about the bigger things that tend to appear smaller: the way my friends love and show up for me on hard days, laughter spent laying on the floor of Everett’s playroom with other mommy friends exhausted and fighting for our lives Karli Marin 😂🫶🏻, encouraging words from a husband who values me and cherishes me, food on our table, clean water, a roof over our head, people who love + celebrate me and my son, a beautiful business built off people who trust me enough to document their most precious moments…
I have SO much to be
