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Motherhood • Mountains • Midlife • Medicine

RN | Founder of Thin Space Wellness

Life between Colorado & the Carolinas 🏔️❤️

Sharing the adventure of midlife, motherhood, marriage, wellness, wildlife, and all the beautifully messy moments in between.

08/23/2026

I knew they would grow up. I just don’t think I understood what that actually meant.

Back then, life felt like one long carpool. Someone was always hungry. Someone was fighting. The house was loud, the schedule was ridiculous, and I remember wishing sometimes for just a little peace and quiet.

And now it’s quiet.

One of these boys just started college at App State. Another left this weekend for four months in Korea.

And suddenly I’m looking at my youngest differently, because I know something now that I didn’t know when I took this video:

You don’t realize you’re living a chapter for the last time while you’re still in it.

Someday there’s a last carpool. A last fight in the backseat. A last pile of wet towels. A last ordinary afternoon when all of your kids still live at home.

And nobody tells you which one it is.

So yes… I’d take the noise back.
The fighting. The mess. All of it.

I’d give anything for one more completely ordinary day with my three little boys. 🤍

08/20/2026

Homeschool looks a little different when your mom is a nurse injector. 😂

I had a training this week and brought some Juvéderm home so Mo could actually see and feel the product and learn a little more about what Mommy does at work.

So apparently sixth-grade science today included anatomy, dermal filler, the current market value of Juvéderm…and somehow Louis Vuitton trash bags. 😂

Then, just when I thought class was over, he pointed to his forehead wrinkles and informed me he needed Botox.

Sir.

You are ELEVEN. 😂

No children were injected in the making of today’s homeschool science lesson.
But I’m starting to question who exactly is writing this curriculum.

08/17/2026

Nobody really prepares you for the part of motherhood where your children can suddenly be in completely different seasons of life. 🥹

This year feels a little surreal.

Two of our boys graduated from high school this spring and are heading into their freshman year of college… while somehow our youngest is starting middle school.

Three boys. Three completely different chapters beginning at exactly the same time.

Virtual school has honestly been such a blessing for our family. Mo loves the independence — being able to organize his classes, work ahead when he wants to, and have flexibility in what his days look like.

For a family that splits our time between Colorado and North Carolina and travels as much as we do, it’s given us the freedom to keep learning while still experiencing so much of life together.

So his first day of 6th grade included a bike helmet, the Rocky Mountains, a first-day sign that survived approximately four seconds in the Colorado wind 😂… and a trip over a tabletop jump.

Not exactly your typical first-day-of-school picture.

But I can’t think of one that could possibly be more him.

Happy 6th grade, Mo.

And happy freshman year to our Korean Tar Heel 🇰🇷🐏 and our Mountaineer. ⛰️

Three boys stepping into three very different chapters.

And one mom standing here wondering how in the world we got here so fast. 🥹

I think that’s one of the strangest things about motherhood — you’re never really ready for the next chapter, but somehow your heart grows right along with them. 🤍

RaisingBoys

08/14/2026

I was honestly just trying to do something nice for my husband…

It started with good intentions.

About 30 seconds later… I was calling him for help. 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s managed to turn a simple errand into an adventure.

08/08/2026

I hate when he’s right. 😂

When we’re in Colorado, we’re often up around 4:30am trying to catch sunrise in the park. And when I say it’s dark out here…it’s DARK.

We needed a way to keep track of Millie when she goes outside before we leave, so Stephen bought her this ridiculously bright light for her collar.

I may have questioned whether it was a little excessive.

Turns out he knew exactly what he was doing. 😂

We can now locate Millie, illuminate the driveway AND probably guide a small aircraft safely to the house.

Fine, Stephen. You were right.

I’m just not sure we needed a 45-pound exterior light. 😂

08/08/2026

Tell me you’re married without telling me you’re married…

Last week I roasted my husband for asking me to hand him everything while he was driving.

This week… I became him. 😂

Anyone else owe their spouse an apology?

08/04/2026

I grew up taking life way too seriously.

I worried about doing things the right way, saying the right thing, making the right decisions… and somewhere along the way I forgot that life is also supposed to be enjoyed.

Then God surrounded me with boys.

Three sons… and a husband who somehow manages to find something to laugh about in almost every situation.

Looking back, I think it was one of His greatest gifts to me.

Watching Mo is like watching someone who doesn’t know there’s any other way to live. He can turn taking out the trash into an adventure without even realizing he’s doing it.

And every time I catch myself laughing instead of worrying…

I realize they’re still teaching me.

They’re teaching me to loosen my grip.

To laugh a little louder.

To stop rushing through ordinary moments.

To find joy in the middle of the mess.

I don’t think I’ve taught my boys nearly as much as they’ve taught me.

If you’re here because your life isn’t perfectly curated either…

Welcome.

We’ll laugh through the parts everyone else edits out.

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