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When I was pregnant for the first time, I knew I wanted to avoid all conventional medications, but I had no idea there were safe alternatives for common pregnancy ailments. Instead, in an effort to avoid any potential toxin, I would suffer through any discomfort I experienced. In fact, I was so opposed, I wouldn’t […]

You. Guys. I love chicory so much! I am a bitter, black coffee kind of gal, and chicory is deep, dark, and bitter—making it a perfect fit for me. This doesn’t mean that you can’t sweeten up chicory for your enjoyment if you don’t have a black-coffee tooth. You can. In fact, everyone can enjoy […]

When I left my job as a registered nurse to stay home with my first baby, I would never have dreamed I’d end up where I am now. In fact, I thought I’d be perfectly content to not have a career and instead to devote myself to caring for my family, but that wasn’t the […]

I’ve never really been what you’d call a “bookworm.” Sure, growing up, I read and enjoyed books, but I really only read most of them because I had to. My first introduction to reading really good books came in high school in my AP English class (these are high school classes you can take that […]

When we first bought our house up on the mountain, we spent a year fixing it up before we moved into it. During that year, I wasn’t sure how I felt about this place. It was run down. It was outdated. It was overgrown. It was further from our family (and Dean’s business) than we […]

I think it’s good to step out of your comfort zone from time to time, and it seems like I’m doing a lot of that these days. I’m not quite sure why that is, but I do know that I have a tendency to get bored when things stay the same for too long. Maybe […]