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Continue reading →: I Have 18,000+ People in My Family Tree, and My Curiosity Is Only Just BeginningI collect books, road trip ideas, dreams, and apparently dead ancestors. With more than 18,000 people in my family tree, every discovery leads to another question—and another genealogy rabbit hole.
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Continue reading →: Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument: Teaching My Kids About HistoryBirmingham holds some of the most important and heartbreaking stories in American history. As a mother of five, I’m planning a family trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument to help my children understand segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and why remembering our history matters.
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Continue reading →: The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing (When You’re a Mom of Five)Five kids, two dogs, endless laundry, and approximately 800 ideas running through my head. But today? Today is canceled. Sometimes even moms need permission to do absolutely nothing.
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Continue reading →: A Day In The Life of a Mom of FiveFive kids, two dogs, school drop-offs, endless diaper changes, and a husband who’s on the road. Welcome to a perfectly imperfect day in our beautifully chaotic life!
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Continue reading →: The World Through My Lens: Every Animal Deserves a PhotographFrom butterflies and backyard birds to giraffes, horses, and the pets who stole my heart, I’ve always believed every animal deserves a photograph. Come see the world through my lens—one furry, feathered, or fluttering creature at a time.
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Continue reading →: My TBR Is Completely Out of Control (And I’m Not Sorry)I have 3,888 books on my Goodreads TBR, six books currently in progress, and apparently a talent for turning one library book into a thousand more reading commitments. Welcome to my completely out-of-control reading life.
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Continue reading →: Being Let Go From My Life’s Career and Starting Over at 39After nearly 20 years in the same career, I got the phone call I’d secretly wanted for years: I was being let go. I felt free. Then terrified. At 39, with five kids, late bills and absolutely no idea what came next, I suddenly had the chance to figure out…
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Continue reading →: I Could Have Stayed at Giant’s Causeway All DaySeven years later, Giant’s Causeway is still one of the places in Northern Ireland I can’t stop thinking about. Some places really are better than the pictures.
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Continue reading →: We Take Five Kids Everywhere — And No, We’re Not Waiting Until They’re OlderTraveling with five kids under 10 isn’t always easy—or cheap, quiet, or particularly sane. But we’re not waiting until they’re older to show them the world. Here’s why we take our five kids everywhere, chaos and all. ❤️
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Continue reading →: Apparently I’m Posting Every Day for 365 Days. This Seems Like a Terrible Idea.I relaunched my blog yesterday. Naturally, I’ve now decided to publish something every single day for an entire year. 365 days. 365 posts. What could possibly go wrong? 😂
