An Introduction

Here is the short version,

I always knew I wanted to start a family. I just didn’t know when, where or with who. I spent a lot of my late teens and early 20’s trying to figure out who I was. It was hard, and I wasn’t good at it. I tried too hard to fit into a version of myself that was inauthentic.

Then I moved 1,000 miles away from “home,” and found myself. I spent time alone and within, and stopped trying so hard. That’s when I found me, the authentic version of self. Then I met my husband, Colin.

Over the past 10 years we’ve built a life thru exploration, creation and curiosity. We find joy in the ordinary, and love in the minute details of life. In 2016 we purchased our first home in Metro Atlanta. In 2017 we adopted our best buddy, a scruffy mutt named Morty. And in 2023 we welcome our first child, a son named Otto.

There is balance life, for everything that’s beautiful is also melancholic. You build a life, a career and a family but time only allows you glimpse of each every day. You do what society says you “should,” do, and you act happy about it. Is it a forced happiness, because you’re supposed to be, or because you feel it? How do you find it?

For me, the answer is gratitude. I hope you find yours.

Steph