I am not infertility. For the past six and a half years, infertility has been a part of my daily life. Never before has something consumed so much of my life that I’m not able to “fix” to “control.” I’m a problem solver. Identify the problem-find the solution-move on. But, that’s not how infertility works. [...]
Why do we grow so attached to material things? A few weeks ago Travis decided we needed to start looking for a new car. We’ve had mine for five and a half years and it has over 143,000 miles on it. We’ve put all but 19,000 on it ourselves. Creating lots of memories in those [...]
I don’t know. I don’t know what is in a woman’s heart when she makes the decision to choose abortion. I don’t know what thoughts are in her mind. I don’t know her situation. I don’t know her struggles. I don’t know her fear. I don’t know her pain. But, I do know what’s in [...]
My senior year of high school is not one I ever wish to relive. Yes, there are good parts, but the majority is better left in the past. You’re probably thinking I had a case of severe senioritis, but that’s far from the truth. You see, at 17 I was engaged to the one boy [...]
Last year, instead of making a New Year’s resolution I decided to choose a word-Hope. I lived a year in hope. Hoping everything would go right with building our home-it didn’t, but does it ever? Seriously, measure 4 times then, cut. We needed more than the measure twice rule, haha. Hope that the fertility treatments [...]
If you’ve followed my blog for the past year, then you know 2018 has been a tough one. It has definitely not been our year and to say we’re ready for 2019 is a HUGE understatement. We started the year full of hope. Construction was well underway on our new home and I had a [...]
Dear Santa, I’ve tried really hard to be good this year, but 2018 has been rough. If I’m honest-it’s probably, no it definitely has been, the roughest year of our marriage. It’s been full of insurmountable highs and devastating lows. But, you know that word I declared at the beginning of last year—hope—I’ve clung to [...]
Today, is the one year blogiversary of Straight Missteps. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around it that it’s already been a full year. I hesitantly published my very first blog post on November 2, 2017, but it took me even longer to tell the world of my new adventure. Over the past [...]
Lately, I’ve seen this quote “God is still writing your story. Quit picking up the pen.” I’m sure you’ve seen it, too, right? But, what if it’s not the pen you’re picking up, but the eraser? You see, darling, many of us aren’t trying to rewrite our futures, but we’re trying to erase our pasts. [...]
Today is my 33rd birthday. The 6th birthday I will be celebrating without the one gift I have been praying earnestly for each and every day. Last Wednesday, we celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. The 6th anniversary we celebrated without a baby. Of all the birthdays and anniversaries that have come and gone, this one [...]
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