Around fifteen years ago, I began a blog. It was a free one at Blogspot and it was in the early days of blogging. It was called Baby Makes Three and it chronicled our new family and my adjusting to motherhood. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing (regarding both blogging and being a mom). I remember my most popular blog post was whether or not three month old Pressley was getting a tooth–she wasn’t. At the time, I was working and the blog was a bit of a hobby. I quit my job after our second child, Jackson, was born and blogging took a new direction.

The next blog was The Unlikely Homemaker, perhaps the most fitting blog title ever for me, and the blog served many purposes. It was an outlet for a lonely stay-at-home mom. It was a way I could encourage other moms. And it was a way I could share my newfound faith in Jesus. I eventually began another blog titled The Unlikely Homeschooler to share our homeschool journey. You see, sharing my life and encouraging other people has always been something I just felt like I was supposed to do. But it’s hard to get your blog seen. And sometimes you feel like the only person you’re typing words for is yourself…which wouldn’t be a big deal, if you didn’t feel such a crazy desire to connect with other people.

It might be hard to believe, but I had one other blog before I carved out a slice of the Internet called The Front Porch Farmhouse. It was a real food blog called The Real Food Journey and, yep, you guessed it…the goal was to encourage people as we tried to adjust our diet to eat real food.

How did The Front Porch Farmhouse begin? Well, it started with our new build and me creating an Instagram account. At first, it was for inspiration, but then I found myself posting. It was all home decor posts. I loved antiquing and finding pieces for our new home. As I posted, I found my following growing and income actually coming in. It was fun and amazing! And then I found out I was expecting Margaret and then Miller.

Not only that, but our world changed. Miller was born at the beginning of a pandemic.