About the Blog

First Photo as a Family of FIVE!

Hello!

I am Teran Sands, writer, wife to Carson Sands, and Mom of three sweet babies.

I started this blog as way to share my thoughts, passions, struggles, triumphs, and *hopefully* some wisdom with my children when they are old enough to WANT to read it :)

I am turning 30 this month and that has really got me thinking about life and the way it all happens SO quickly!  If I think about the past 10 years, it seems like I blinked and all of a sudden I am married and have three kids! How did that happen so fast?!?

I absolutely love my kids and my life, but that doesn't mean that I think this season of life is an easy one.  I actually think starting and growing your family is one of the most DIFFICULT yet rewarding times in your life.  I have been so happy I've cried and so overwhelmed that I wasn't sure if I would make it thorough the end of the day. Like legitimately needed to tell myself that I was going to be OK and I WOULD live to the end of the day!

When I am feeling overwhelmed I always think of all the other parents out there who are struggling right along with me.  I think of my mom raising me and my three sisters with very little help. I think of my children when they are adults raising my grandchildren.

I know at some point my children will be feeling all the same things that I am now.  Questioning their parenting abilities.  Doubting themselves as parents.  Stressing over their child's well-being.  Wondering if the fact that they need a break means they are not cut out for parenthood.

The list goes on....

I wish I knew what was going on in my mom's head during this time in her life. She made it look SO easy, but now that I am raising three tiny humans of my own I know that she only made it LOOK easy.  I know for sure without even asking her that it was very difficult to raise 4 girls!

This blog is an outlet for me and a journal for my children to read in the future.  My hope is that they will read my words and feel the love I have had for them since the moment I knew they were on their way! 

I want them to know my insecurities and my fears as a parent.  I want them to know more about me outside of just MOM.  But most of all, I want to take every chance I get over the next 20 years to write about my life just in case I do not get the opportunity to tell them in person.

Welcoming home baby #2, Slate Rowan Sands