Like most kids, I spent most of my life trying to fit in and be liked. There was little chance of me fitting in, when I towered over most people my age. Seriously, I was 5′ 10″ by junior high. Not an experience I would recommend. It’s funny that we spend so much time trying to be “just like everyone else” and then are surprised when we turn out to be average adults. Then we spend the rest of our lives trying to stand out from the crowd and do something meaningful.
So, basically I’m a pretty average gal trying to live in a meaningful way.
My name is Monica. I’m married to a fabulously talented and incredibly kind man named Brian. We’ve been married for 5 years and most people think we are newlyweds by the way we act. I hope we stay that way “for as long as we both shall live”. More recently, I’ve become a stay-at-home mama. I get to hang out with my little guy, Parker. He is awesome. No really, I like him a lot. I also freelance edit and proofread for a publishing company where I used to work full time.
We’ve lived in the chicagoland area for about four years, although we’re California natives. (Enter jokes about the weather, leaving the land of fruits and nuts, etc.) We still get a little giddy when we see the seasons change. I had no idea there were so many different kinds of rain/snow before living here! We fixed up a little bungalow in the burbs, but do our fair share of traveling into the city and anywhere else we can manage to get to. I love God, my family, people, home-making, traveling, reading, cooking from scratch, crafting, quilting, all things natural, and trying to be healthy.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I’m nothing special.
But, I do love my life and try to be intentional about the way I spend it. So, that’s just me choosing to be deliberately domestic!
