01/12/2025
Lengthy post, but 2025 left lots to unpack!
This past week spent with family and friends has given me a second to reflect on the year and in true Thanksgiving fashion, everything I have to be grateful for.
I started off 2025 full speed ahead professionally. I was coming off a huge year of business growth in 2024 and my expectations for 2025 were BIG. But, God has a funny way of redirecting our plans and ultimately turning them into something better than we could ever imagine.
April rolled around and I was preparing for a family trip to British Columbia, Canada on a once in a lifetime Black Bear pursuit. I was ready to document our hunts and the backcountry to my max potential.
Reality Check #1! One week before flying out - after 3.5 years of fertility, 2 rounds of IVF, 3 losses and AJ and I ultimately making the decision to just LIVE, I found out I was expecting.
Emotional roller coaster.
I kept my expectations high heading to BC and was quickly humbled by pregnancy. Reality check #2! The trip was truly an unforgettable experience that I’ll cherish forever but I wasn’t able to document it as well as I planned. I was in the best shape I’d been in years, and still couldn’t get it done.
Fast forward to summer - I did my best to keep up in our pens during fawning. Reality check #3! What happened to that girl who thrives in the heat?! But, I’ve got a great support system and Ed deserves a medal for picking up so much of the slack! He’ll never know how much he means to all of us.
Sale season rolled around and we made things happen, but not as easily as before. Creative burnout was at all time high.
Then, hunting season rolled around and somewhere in the thick of it all, I got my spark back. I realized that I was forcing old habits even though my focus had shifted slightly. I’ve spent months growing this little life inside me, and molding my business to now serve both my clients and my family. I had to figure out how to execute that. I guess thats growth!
In about 20 days or less Aj and I will become parents to a child of God and I plan to continue to promote what my clients are passionate about and positively promote wildlife and the outdoors. But I plan to bring her along and show her what there is to love about this lifestyle too. And more importantly, to always keep Jesus at the center of it.
So, to my clients who have been patient and stuck with me as I’ve navigated this season of change - I’m extremely grateful.
To my husband and biggest supporter - I’m so proud of every hard-earned, grace filled mile we’ve walked together. I can’t wait to watch our little girl fall in love with you like I do every single day.
To my family - I could never do what I do without your constant support. You keep me going and push me when I need it the most.
Here’s to a year that was full of reality checks, one that turned into a whole lot of stumbling, struggling and making it up as we go. But perhaps the most fulfilling one of my life so far. Here’s to building, redirecting and continuing to grow into just who God intended me to be.