About Me
I am a wife to a wonderful husband, Seth, for over 12 years and a momma to 3 beautiful kiddos, Caden, Carter & Rilynn. I have a heart for my Lord and Savior Jesus, because He alone has gotten me through many storms and continues to show me just how amazing He truly is! Even though my life has been a HOT MESS, I wouldn't change a thing...It is MY hot mess!
I found myself 19 years old and pregnant outside of marriage and not knowing fully what to do and dealing with the disappointment I had caused my family was definitely tough.
My boyfriend, Seth and I decided to get married and raise our son together, so 4 months after we were married our amazing son Caden was born in 2005. I would love to say it was everything I had ever hoped for, but it was quite the opposite. Trying to figure out how to be a new wife and a new mom was not my fairy tale happy ending to say it lightly. It was full of frustrations, sleepless nights, high emotions, stress and then...on my very first Mother's Day I received a phone call saying my brother, Jesse, had been in a car accident. My brother was 17 years old, my absolute best friend and he was taken from me by a drunk driver on Mother's Day of 2006. I never knew I could cry so many tears or my heart physically ache so bad.
Life seemed to be moving forward for everyone around me, but I felt stuck in this deep dark hole I couldn't figure out how to get out of.
We had our wonderful son Carter in 2008 and a special surprise ;) Lol a daughter soon to come in 2010! During my pregnancy with my daughter we found out my Dad had stage 4 liver cancer. My heart sunk.....I already lost my brother, I can't lose my Dad as well. I remember telling my Dad that he didn't have to worry, because God wouldn't do that to our family twice.
Well, I had my daughter in August of 2010 and we said good-bye to my Dad just 4 months later in December.
I was SO angry.....
Why my family?? Why me?? Why God?? What are you doing to us??
There I was....25 years old, 3 young kids I felt I was failing, a failing marriage, so much anger at God, sadness that never went away, having to watch my older brother and Mom deal with the losses as well, many nights on the bathroom floor begging God to just take me....to say I was a hot mess was an understatement.
I finally hit my rock bottom moment, if you would like to call it that, in 2013. I was SO tired and I couldn't believe that this was my life....How did it get SO bad?!? I use to have joy and I couldn't even remember what that felt like anymore. I was driving home from work late one night and was stopped by a train and I just started to cry and scream at God. When I finally was done....all I could feel was this amazing warmth and love wrap around me and God saying "Dawn, when are you going to stop being the victim and realize the AMAZING life I have planned for you?" From that moment, I knew it was time to make some big changes!
I am not going to lie, it takes work and it is not easy, but it is SO worth it!
I have a restored marriage & I can honestly say I love my husband more now than I ever have, I am a mom that I am proud of to my 3 beautiful kids, I have joy like I have never had before and I have found my purpose for my life through these very storms I have had to weather.
In the middle of the madness I NEVER would have thought I would be saying this, but I have learned that the storms can become your biggest blessings if you let God do the mending.
Mission
My mission is to empower others to lead a life they can love as well!
I love making people dig deep within themselves, know they are not alone, build their confidence, embrace their own story, fight through fears, overcome obstacles and truly love who they are inside and out!
We have been made for a PURPOSE and mine is to help every person I come into contact with know how incredible they are and that they are made for great things!