They say there’s no place like home, but when you’ve moved as much as I have, where exactly is home? Is it the place I grew up? Is it the place I lived for a decade? Is there no place at all? My family and I relocated back to Louisiana last summer, “moving home“ as…
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Luca’s Birth Story
It’s been a whirlwind of a week, and yet here I lay in my hospital bed while my 12 hour old newborn sleeps peacefully in the bassinet next to me. It’s become sort of a tradition to type the birth story while I have the downtime in the hospital, so for the last time, that…
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Writing Update
Back in September, I finished writing the book I’d been working on Since January 2016. I was so excited to have the first draft completed, as it was a long time coming. There were many days when I didn’t think I’d be able to finish it. My thoughts varied from “This is complete and total…
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Chutes and Ladders
Sometimes it feels like a game of chutes and ladders, thinking we’d finally moved to our dream location in the mountains. Other times it feels like a break-up…one I did not initiate. We left our cabin in the mountains for my Dad’s funeral in June, planning to stay in Louisiana for 10 days. We ended…
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A Running We Will Go
Running. I’m not good at it yet, but I will. This week I decided to refocus on training to run a marathon in 2021. It was was the Monday-est Wednesday I’d ever had, and I ended up in a bubble bath with a bottle of Riesling. Not a glass, but the whole dang bottle. (It…
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Everett’s Birth Story
We arrived in Asheville the day I turned 37 weeks pregnant. My feet were swollen, my blood pressure was up and down, and I was utterly exhausted. But, we had made it to the mountains and I was grateful. I left Texas excited for the future, but a bit nervous as to what my last…
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My God Can, My God Did
I’d be lying if I said that things in Texas had gone well. As promising as everything looked when we decided to move there last October, certain business matters did not come to fruition. We’ve moved a lot over the past few years, but the loneliness and isolation that Keith and I felt in Texas…
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Au Revoir, RDH Video Productions!
I grew up watching my Me-Maw document everything (and I mean everything!) with her video camera. Back then, they were the size of suitcases, and she could be found holding one on her shoulder filming the happens of the day. She loved it so much that she turned a hobby from the 1960s into a…
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The Biltmore Cooking Project, Round 2
Four years ago, I was missing the Biltmore after a recent visit there and I decided instead of moping around and waiting until we could visit once more, I could take some of the charm of this gorgeous Estate home with me. With permission from The Biltmore Company, I created The Biltmore Cooking project. The…
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Our Next Move
I know what you’re thinking…they’re moving again? And as exhausting as it is to say, yes — you’re correct. For the entirety of our relationship, we have made physical moves in order to stay together. Keith has been blessed with a talent in sales, and unfortunately regardless of the industry he has had to travel…
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Book Review: The Flight Girls
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved the 1940s. I think it began when I opened that first American Girl paperback, and read about a girl named Molly growing up during World War II. Molly quickly became my favorite (sorry Samantha 😉 ) and I dove into anything I could find about…
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The Day She Disappeared
{The below post was written in 2016 when Arabella was 3, Gavin was 4, and Ethan had just been born.} Yesterday while out shopping with my family, one of my worst nightmares came true. Luckily, it only lasted for a few minutes, but it was the longest few minutes of my life. The kids were…
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My Unexpected Breastfeeding Journey
We are a week into the new year, and if I’m being honest, mine is starting off a smidge bumpy. Nothing too serious, but I got rocked with a cold/sinus infection on NYE, but thankfully am now on the mend. Not quite how I imagined ringing this year in, but does anything ever really go…