10 years from now

There’s a version of me I can see so clearly.

She’s ten years older ...but softer, wiser, and deeply rooted in purpose. She wakes up in a beautiful, warm home flooded with sunlight and love. There's warm feet touching her, laughter echoing down the hall, paw prints on the floor, and the pitter-patter of little feet chasing the scent of cinnamon rolls and fresh coffee.

I’m a mom now.

My days are woven with school runs and sleepy snuggles...packed lunches and grocery trips... playdates and bedtime prayers...Long talks and belly laughs. Weekends are full...church on Sundays...Family game nights, Movie nights In our pajamas...spontaneous Target runs, and slow mornings curled up with gratitude.

Our home? It’s the heart of it all.

Everyone has a seat at the table.

We host big Thanksgiving dinners, messy backyard pool parties, cozy winter vacations, and karaoke nights... Romantic weekend getaways with my Adrian while Mimi watches the kids...I still have my mother daughter date days with my mom, the kids have sleepovers with their cousins...we even walk through the hard moments...hospital visits, flare-ups, unexpected detours...together. Because that’s what we’ve built: a family that shows up.

We’re back home in Florida.

Not just geographically...spiritually, emotionally, and mentally.

This family we’ve created is full of faith, honesty, comfort, and deep love. We’re not chasing perfection...we’re cultivating peace. We’ve learned to slow down, to laugh louder, to make space for rest and celebration. To forgive quicker. To live fuller.

I am not just surviving anymore.

I am thriving.

I am living.

I am completing the vision God whispered to my heart.

We have an amazing marriage...With God at the center...and a love that has grown deeper through every storm. We’ve never been more at peace, more in sync, more us.

This is the dream.

Not a perfect one…

but one full of purpose.

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-Isaiah 58:11 (ESV)

Kristen, Unfiltered Xo 💋