Issa: Seven Months

Oct 14, 2015 | Issa Brooke, Motherhood

Dear Issa, Tomorrow you will be seven months old.  This past month has been a HUGE one for you.  You started crawling like a mad woman! I honestly cannot put you down and expect you to stay in the same spot for more than two seconds.  Then the other day you pulled...

Issa: Five Months

Aug 14, 2015 | Issa Brooke, Motherhood

Dear Issa, Tomorrow you will be five months old! It blows my mind that it’s already been almost half a year since you arrived, and I feel like I’ve known you forever.  You are just the easiest, cutest little thing, and I am so happy to be your mama.  These...

Can I Hold Your Hand?

Jul 22, 2015 | Cora Marie, Issa Brooke, Motherhood, Thoughts on Life

When I was a little girl, every once in a while I would be sitting in the backseat of the car, riding along with my dad, and he would extend his hand towards me.  I always knew what he was going to say, but he would always ask, “Aquila, can I hold your...

5 Things I’ve Learned in 5 Years of Marriage

Jun 19, 2015 | Marriage

Today is Orlando and I’s fifth wedding anniversary, and while it doesn’t seem possible that we’ve been married that long, I know we’ve both grown by leaps and bounds in that amount of time.  Marriage, if anything, is one of those life tools...

You will never be this loved again.

May 29, 2015 | Cora Marie, Family, Issa Brooke, Motherhood

Way back in college when I was working towards my minor in psychology, I took a class where we learned about different phenomena of the brain.  One that has always stuck with me in particular is your mind’s propensity to notice something far more often after you...