About Me

Hi, I'm Amber. Welcome to my little corner of the web.

I've been married to my best friend for 14 years now. I'm a stay-at-home, home schooling mom of six little people. I've also got 2 little angels that I can't wait to meet in heaven some day. Yep, my hands are definitely full, and so is my heart!

I am passionate about natural living and learning the art of home making and gluten free living. I do cloth diapering, home birthing and homemade-everything-I-can. Some of my favorite things are family time, reading, fitness (especially running),  and coffee.

I'm just a girl who wears her heart on her sleeve, who's still learning how to walk with the Lord and figure out what a life lived for His glory looks like.  And most days, I still can't even quite wrap my brain around how much He loves me, but it's that promise that fuels my desire to learn how to honor and glorify him with this beautiful life I've been given. 

And that's pretty much how this blog came about. 'Journeying Off the Beaten Path' was born out of a burden that I believe the Lord has laid on my heart to share my journey as a first generation Christian. Here, you will find musings on motherhood, snapshots of the everyday stuff of life, recipes, laughter, life lessons learned, struggles, and some victories all wrapped up together with little pieces of my heart and God's amazing grace.

I know that sometimes it can make all the difference in the world to know that you are not the only one struggling or hurting or feeling defeated by life (even when it feels that way). I am, by no means, a great writer or expert on anything, but here is where I will share where I've been and what I've learned along the way. It is my prayer that these writings will serve as an encouragement to someone who may have or may be traveling this same unbeaten path.