Hi! I am Heather đ  Welcome to Plan C!  For the last 4ish years I have been living an amazing and comfortable life, residing in Pittsburgh, PA with my wonderful family and traveling up and down the east coast every few weeks to Florida to be with my long-distance love, Jonathan ( Jon aka J). I had wonderful and steady non-profit career, working for a great cause, supporting opportunities for children and adults with disabillites.  J and I were -slowly- in the process of  planning out our future and the next steps for our life ( aka who is finally going to make the big move)  when my cozy world seemed to turn on its side. In the matter of one month, I had been “laid off”  from my amazing job, my parents sold the beautiful  place I called home the last 17 years of my life (and my current residence), and last but certainly not least, J and I received the very unexpected news that we were expecting….a BABY!
Plan C, how did we get here? The idea for this blog started shortly after I learned I was pregnant. I started journaling my thoughts because, honestly, I was in denial and saying everything that was swirling around my head out loud, to anyone other than myself, meant it was all true. I wasn’t ready for this and  also was feeling a lot of shame- shame for not being married and pregnant ( I know its 2017 not the 1950 but still ) and guilt for what I was feeling. Pregnancy should the happiest time in a woman’s life and here I was wishing it away. The guilt set in thinking about so many people, even close friends and family, who would  do anything to be in my shoes, blessed with carrying a baby.  For the time being,  I flipped the off switch on my emotions to the outside world and writing was an outlet to express myself, my fears and worries. As time went on, I am 18 weeks pregnant now, I was ready to come out from this blanket of shame I had been experiencing. I had been holding on to a secret for 4 months and I was ready to start living authentically.  I knew once the cat out of the bag, people would have their own opinions, so why not share my own truths. In lieu  of becoming  pregnant, even despite taking Plan B ( the morning after pill), Plan C seemed like an appropriate title for a blog inspired about authentic living through the unexpected.
I am in no way an expert at writing, mommyhood ( is that a word?), relationships, faith, fashion or really anything else I might share on this space. I am certainly not doing anything groundbreaking by having a blog like every one else and their dog ( Seriously though, I love Doug the pugđ¶)  but I hope that, in my realness, I could possibly be a form of encouragement and at the very least be a way to chronicle the road ahead. I am weary of the vulnerability that comes along with writing about my personal life on such public forum but to quote one of my favorite authors, “The most powerful, most attractive person we can be is who we already are, an ever changing being that is becoming and will never arrive but has opinions about what is seen along the journey.â – Donald Miller.  So as  I say to Jonathan when I FaceTime without any makeup, “Here I am, in the raw”.  With that, I am not sure if anyone will care to  read these post or even how long I will stick with it, although, I better do it for the year since I  already paid for this yearly website subscriptionđ Also***disclaimer*** unlike the short time I spent writing for the Kentucky Kernel ( Go Wildcats!), I am my own editor, so I am sure there will be a typo or two-TYPO QUEENđžđ».
So here it is…. just me with a little every day realness in the midst of embarking on a new  journey!
Thanks for stopping by!
xoxo Heatherđ
Plan C 