About Me

Hi there!

Welcome to You're So Pretty.

I have always loved the idea of putting words to paper or well, words to a blog. There has always been this strong empowering part of me that refuses to sugarcoat and hide the true realities of what many people struggle with. Struggles can include motherhood, wifehood, being a woman, and childhood trauma. I find it easier to write these emotions down than to speak them. I often get tongue-tied when I'm put into a situation of being unprepared with my words.

There are so many things that we are so blind to motherhood, adulthood, and marriage. Many of these don't fully become a cement block in our road until we have reached these points in life, and we're too far down its path. Many of us struggle with this behind closed doors, but I am here to embrace that we have the same struggle. Not everything is as peachy and you most definitely do not need to struggle alone.

Growing up in the Midwest, I learned the importance of being loud. My mom raised me to be independent due to her own experiences in her own marriage and life. Although that independence and loudness got in the way, I often found myself struggling to speak. For a few years of my life, I was silenced. I was silenced by an abusive boyfriend and a middle-aged boss who pinned me to the #MeToo movement. The transparency behind those stories will eventually be shared, but those moments in my young adult life made me realize how important it is to speak and fight. 

Despite the struggle, I created a blog many years ago. This may have been the gateway to my inner life, but I found that the words placed on the blog resonated with so many other people out there. For someone who knows how it feels to be isolated and alone in a situation, I'm back to share that again, you're not alone.

It may not always be pretty, but it's real.

Sincerely,

Me