Life of Nami | Entry 1 | Life Recap…

The last few years have been a blur… So much has happened, it took awhile for me to try and figure out how and where to start. I figured I would just try to summarize starting in January of 2020….

 January 16th, I became a first time mother to a beautiful baby girl. I was married at the time but in the most challenging relationship I have ever been in to date. 

By November, I was just starting to come out of the mental fog of pregnancy and into the realization of who I am, who I wanted to be and what actions were needed to fulfill my purpose….

After losing myself in love and then in motherhood, I knew it was time to begin the journey back to my authentic self. 

I struggled during this time with trusting myself to make sound decisions after living with the consequences of the wrong one for almost 3 years. I struggled with the very important lesson of not allowing my heart to out think my head and what I know to be the truth. 

I struggled with the idea that choosing to mend my own well being meant breaking up my family selfishly and exposing my child to the same struggles I had growing up in a single parent household. Most of all, I struggled with not dimming my light.

I struggled with accepting less than what I deserved and also with standing up for myself through action, trusting my intuition and the foundation laid before me to stand on firmly.

Through the fire, I was carried and out of the ashes, I rose. One by one, I picked up the pieces even if it meant cutting my hands. Even if it meant waking up everyday with a crying session to allow myself the space to feel and heal. 

God sent people along the way (and emphasized some that were present already) to keep me afloat. He sent his angels to remind me what it means to laugh freely, love fiercely and to return to the woman I have always been connected with - me. 

In the last two years, I started my professional journey for photography and videography. I also began running to my freedom - a primitive mind, body and spiri). accepted that I am responsible for me and only what my duty entails . 

I started and became “Naturally Nami.” I understand that through my experiences, I can guide others. With my love, I can heal others. Through my lifestyle and choices, I will inherently heal myself and in doing so will be able to be present with and capable of guiding my world and light - the brightest and kindest soul that is my Wilder.

In October of 2021, we lost a good person. Above all else, he encouraged us to love fiercely, laugh loudly and live boldly. 

The months following consisted mostly of being uplifted and supported by my family and friends who gave the sweetest hugs, the deepest laughs and an ecstasy type of love unmatched so far in my life of living.

 We had the pleasure of breathing in some of the best air and we gave ourselves the grace to just be and feel whatever it is that was needed to feel. 

In these months was when it was set in my heart to finally make the trek off of this soil and venture into new territory.

I decided I was tired of the fast, westernized sense of living, thinking and being and I knew in my heart that I wanted to give Wilder the opportunity to know first hand just what this world has to offer. 

So started the preparation for the journey of our lives.

Welcome to The Life of Nami.