Hello beautiful friends! Welcome to my Messy Life in Progress. I am so happy to have you here and I hope the posts I share are helpful, uplifting, inspiring, and maybe even edifying on your walk with Christ through this messy life.
Many of you know me from my website Delicious Obsessions, where I have been a holistic health coach and blogger since 2009 about all things real food, natural living, nutrition, and health. I have worked in the food world for most of my life, either in a restaurant setting or developing recipes for my website and national food brands. Food has been my passion for decades (wow, am I really that old?!), but over the last couple of years, I have started to lose that zeal for recipe development and all the topics that once lit me up.
When my son was born in the Spring of 2020, many things in my life shifted. One of the most important things is that God used his birth, and the chaos of the world at that time, to call me back to Him. And this time, I listened. I grew up attending church but left in my late teens/early 20s and went on a 20 year hiatus from anything religious. I feel like God started calling me back to Him in 2015, but I didn’t really start paying attention until my brother died suddenly in 2017 and then things intensified after my Dad died in 2019. Then, once our little boy was born, my whole perspective on life shifted.
Since then, I have experienced so many things, both good and “bad”, although, I don’t really view anything as “bad” anymore. I have really come to believe and trust in God’s will for my life and I trust that He will lead me where I need to go in order to refine and sanctify me in the way He knows is best. The “bad” things that happen in my life are typically caused by my own carelessness and stupidity, but God uses every single one of them to help me grow. Am I perfect at trusting the Lord in all things? Far from it. But, when I look back at where I was in 2020 and where I am now, I can see clearly God’s hand all over my life.
Way back in 2019, I thought of this blog name and immediately purchased the URL. I didn’t know what, if anything, I would ever do with it. But in early 2025, I kept feeling drawn to starting a new site to talk about all of the things that are most important to me now. I realized that at this point in my life, I care more about deepening my relationships with the Lord, my family, and my friends, than I do about creating recipes and writing about nutrition.
So, here we are.
On this site, you can expect to find my musings about walking with the Lord, motherhood, homemaking, homeschooling, and all the mess in between. There may occasionally be a foodie item thrown in there here and there, but it will only happen when I feel called to do it. For all things food, nutrition, and holistic health, please visit Delicious Obsessions where I have over 1,000 articles and recipes covering a wide array of topics.
I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to reach out and contact me here if you ahve any questions or suggestions. Also, don’t forget to grab your free copy of My Daily Prayer Journal here. I created My Daily Prayer Journal from my own personal needs, but after speaking to others, I knew it could be helpful for others too.
I hope you’ll stick around and follow along as I share real life as it unfolds. We’re all in the midst of messes, but keeping our eyes focused on the Lord will get us through to the end. If you would like to read a longer, more in-depth version of my story, you can read this post: Welcome to My Messy Life in Progress.
Here’s to your messy life in progress, with love,
