Welcome to my Blog! It has been about 5 years since I have had one and I am excited to be back in the blog world! I wanted to start a blog to share with other women about my fitness journey and my journey to discovering to forgive myself and to love myself for a healthier, happier life. I am married to my husband Rob, for almost 18 years now. We are blessed with 5 children. Our oldest is Cassidy who will be 17 in 3 weeks, Jenna is 15, Adanech is 15, Noah is 12 and Asher is 9. We adopted Asher when he was 16 months old and he has been home 8 years tomorrow. We also adopted Adanech when she was 9, she has been home for almost 5 years next month. They are both adopted from Ethiopia. My family and I just moved to North Carolina 9 months ago and we are loving life in the South. We miss our family and friends in Illinois, but truly feel like North Carolina is home. I have recently started my journey on getting healthy once and for all and because of my success, I want to help others do the same. I am a newer Beachbody Coach and I love to help people get fit and learn what it means to eat clean from what I have learned. Since the beginning of November I have lost a total of 10 pounds and 15 inches and feel amazing!! I love to run, especially half marathons and I am looking forward to reaching some new PR's this year since my transformation. I look foward to sharing my journey with you and thank you for reading!