2020 is set up to be a big year for me and for my family. I want to be better this year than I was last year. So I am making some changes.
20 Changes I am Making in 2020
Managing People’s Comments During Pregnancy
People like to talk and comment and feel important in other people's lives. It's human nature. But nature is no excuse for insensitivity or rudeness.
Keeping Baby’s Gender a Surprise!
If you think I'm crazy for not knowing Baby Merrell's gender, you are definitely not alone.
5 Weeks in Mainland China
When Colter and I got married our honeymoon was very low-key. So when the opportunity to go to China for over a month to teach English arose a couple of months in, we leapt!
Shoes | Connecting with People When I’m Just Me
Making new friends and meeting new people in general is not an easy thing for me to do. It never has been, but I'm working on being better.
10 Things I’ve Learned Since Getting Married
I have grown a lot in the last year as a wife. Or at least I hope I have. Here are some things that come to mind when I look back over the last 12 months.
Keeping My Pregnancy Secret for the First 12 Weeks
The first trimester is rough, whether people know you're expecting or not.
Returning “Early” from an LDS Mission
As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, serving a full-time mission had always been an possibility when I was envisioning what my early twenties would look like.
BARREL OF MERRELL'S 