It is 2019 and that means I am rapidly approaching the two year mark with our dog, Luna. Lunies, as I call her, had a very different journey to her forever home than most rescue dogs- quite literally Lucas rescued her from an abusive owner who wanted to put her down. Let me set the … Continue reading Our Rescue Dog Story: Luna
Author: Chelsea Friend
What Anxiety Can Do
This post has been started a million times. It’s been a million different things. Somehow I’ve been wanting to share my thoughts in the midst of my latest anxious episode. I’m about two weeks deep in crippling anxiety right now, and because I’ve been writing out some thoughts I have also been noticing a few … Continue reading What Anxiety Can Do
What I did during Deployment
Celebrate, praise whatever God you worship, and grab a cold beer because FINALLY I can see the end of deployment. I’m about ten months in, and even though the dates for homecoming keep shifting, there is about a week span that we’re pretty sure Lucas is coming home! (That is the most army-wife thing ever- … Continue reading What I did during Deployment
When I Lost Hope
If you’re here and thinking that this will be a story of when I went through something, got sad, and then regained my ~joy~ you will be disappointed. That is not what this is, at all. Today, I cried. I couldn’t stop crying. Every inch of my body felt like I was swimming in sand. … Continue reading When I Lost Hope
Working Moms and Days Off
As a mom who works full time, I cherish days off. I don’t know about any other twenty-something mom, but my schedule does not allow for weekends off. In order for me to have Sundays off, have to sacrifice my second day off to a floating weekday. Today is Wednesday, and I thought I would … Continue reading Working Moms and Days Off
Who is the other half?
Husband, best friend, partner, team player. I could call him so many things- but mostly I call him Lulu (which I stole from his sister). The story of how our marriage happened is a winding journey that some could argue started in junior high, others would say it started in a church right after high … Continue reading Who is the other half?
My “Easy” Child
As I’m writing this I can hear Leon in the other room. He’s 5 and I have never been happier with him. He’s playing Pokemon action figures- making them fight and talk to each other. This is very new, and I spent a long time wondering when he would finally start imaginative play. It definitely … Continue reading My “Easy” Child
