by Kimberly Mitchell, Miss October 2016

My life used to look a lot like this:

Every morning I did this.

In the afternoons, I did this.

And my husband and I attended a whole lot of these.

And then, 2 months ago, this happened.

And life changed dramatically.

In reality, I’m still trying to figure out what life looks like while caring for a young child. Writing time is down, personal time? What’s that? I’m hoping I’ll continue to find time to write and do some of the things I loved, but in the meantime, I’m enjoying a whole lot of this:

And that’s pretty good, too.