Welcome
March 21, 2016
Hello
& Welcome! My name is Heather & I am so happy you are here!
When I am
not writing in this space or drooling over photos of food, you will find me reading
a book for the 100th time, tending our 4 chickens, fluffing our
nest, hiking with our dog, sitting around the fire drinking wine with friends,
or camping with my family.
I have
been blogging in some capacity for around 5 years and the blog has changed and
grown and shrunk and died and been reborn as life has happened. I started out detailing
our daily life, posting craft
ideas, running a small Etsy shop, sharing recipes and snapping photos of our
twin boys, until May of 2013 when “regular” life was interrupted by a diagnosis of breast
cancer at the age of 35. I was too worried and scared to spend time thinking
about crafting and cooking {although, it sure would have been a nice distraction!},
so I began chronicling our family’s journey through breast cancer here. I still return to From Brunette to Bald
occasionally. Although it’s been a while since I have written, I leave the blog there both as a
reminder of what we have been through and are still going through and as a story that will hopefully help another young mama someday. Today, I finally feel like I am ready to begin “Making Happy” again. It’s surprisingly scary to try and return to “normal” especially when you are far too aware of just how quickly the rug can be yanked out from under you. We just hope and pray every single day for health and try to remain focused on “Getting Busy Living”.
So on with our story, my husband
Matt and I met at a pool hall when he was actually the “crush” of my friend and
{now} sister-in-law. At first I was reluctant to go on a date with him because
I didn’t want to hurt the feelings of my friend, but I think on some level I
must have always known he was “the one” because I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to spend time with such a great man. No matter though, my friend was smitten with my brother soon
after {thanks Weezer!} and they married 5 months before Matt and I. It’s funny
how things work out, but it's also wonderful. I’m so glad things ended up the way they did because I can’t imagine doing
life with anyone else!
Two years
and some time after getting married Matt and I found out we were expecting
twins. I’m not sure why, but neither of us were very surprised by that fact! I
had a ROUGH pregnancy where I was essentially on modified bedrest from 13ish
weeks until the boys were born early at 30 weeks. Matt stepped up during that
time in the best way possible; again, I can’t imagine any other man being my
husband or being the father of my children {despite what I might say about
Justin Timberlake!}. The boys spent 5 and 6 fairly easy weeks in the NICU and
are now happy healthy smart silly CRAZY Kindergartners!
We live 20
minutes from our parents and very close to much of our extended family in the
house I landed in before I knew my husband. We have dreams of owning a piece of
land, but currently we are loving on our little yellow house which was built on
a street that is too busy, with a garage that is too small, and a bathroom that is too singular {Only ONE
bathroom!}. But what is it they say about love growing best in small houses? Haha! We
share our home with Mabel the Dog and our backyard with four chickens {Elsa,
Bertie, Rosie, and Agnes}. We tend a small garden and enjoy plucking tomatoes
straight off the vine as a midsummer snack. We are truly doing our best to Make
Our Own Happy.
I hope you
find a little bit of happy here.
Enjoy,
Heather
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