Author: patriciaenriquez512

Even though life was heavy at the time, the holidays gave me a reason to breathe again. I remember feeling so determined to make it magical for Mateo because he deserved happiness no matter what was going on. Thanksgiving and Christmas were all so full of love. We are blessed with such a beautiful family…

Around the time Mateo was about 8 months old, life shifted, hard. Chris’s injury got worse, and suddenly he couldn’t work. (He was injured on the job early 2023 and had surgery.) Due to complications he also wasn’t getting paid, this began in August 2024. It was already 2 months of us living under only…

Fast forward a few weeks I was an executive assistant at the time, and right before I had to go back, my boss called to let me know he had found another job and wouldn’t be there when I returned. (although I couldn’t be happier for him, what the actual f***! such a heart break…

Fast forward, three to four months PP, starting to feel like I’m killing it…. mental health issues arose in the family that I also witnessed as a child but, this time I was a mom and experienced it through that prospective and more. My milk supply was all over the place, and at one point…

When we first got home with Mateo, it was so magical yet it was a whirlwind. Chris only had a week off, so when he went back to work & drives for work so he needed to sleep at night. I was so grateful my mom was there for me. She came every single day…