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I am Alyssa. I am a wife to my Mr. Hunter, and a mother to my babes. Then we have our Snape, a cat who surpasses his nine lives and loves drooling from his nose at any sign of affection.
I've learned life isn't always how we grow up thinking it to be. I didn't end up marrying some perfect guy with an already established career who would grace me with a perfectly furnished home. I didn't end up being the wife in pearls whose husband came home to a freshly cooked meal. I didn't end up being the perfect homemaker, who can play all day with her kids all while managing to have a clean home and nicely vacuumed carpet.
Instead, I ended up with a man who loves me imperfectly. We've ended up in a basement we are so graciously given by my husband's grandparents, furnished with thrift store couches and hand-me-down appliances. I ended up becoming a warrior mom, one dealing with and surviving postpartum depression and anxiety. Most days I struggle to do anything more than the bare minimum, and the husband brings home that freshly cooked meal because #takeout. (I really need to fix that... our paycheck is spent mostly on food. Exhibit A-- my waistline.) My carpet has more stains from crushed food and spilt Diet Coke than I care to share. In no way does this life resemble the one I drew out in Young Women's at church.
Though these cards weren't the ones I thought I'd be dealt, I'm slowly learning they make one hell of a game. And I'm learning to play that game. And I want to learn how to play it well, because I'm competitive. And I love winning.
This blog is a safe place. A place I can write freely on anything and everything. It is a place of growth. A place a lot like home. I am on a journey to bettering myself, my home, and family. I'm no longer going to let depression and anxiety rule me. And something tells me, I'm not the only girl out there trying to play with similar cards. So whether I'm writing about my personal journey, sharing recipes, crafts and hobbies, self help and improvement, life of a wife, mom talk cuz mommin' ain't easy, favorite things... in other words EVERYTHING... we're going to start loving the deck of cards we've been dealt.
I'll deal you in.

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