Hi! My name is Erin. I am starting this blog to share our crazy, combined family with the rest of the world. I have dreamt about writing since I was eleven years old. Once I even sent a hand-written book to a publishing company (they sent it back, unfortunately).
The Snod Life, you say? We’re far from snobby (unless you count our endless argument about trading in my new-three-years-ago car for something with leather and an extra seat, our almost religious refusal to step foot in a Wal-Mart, or penchant for $30 wine). Snod has been a longstanding nickname on my husband’s side of the family.
We are THE example of a blended family. My husband was previously married and brought along with him two children and a dog. I came along with a cat and five children from two different marriages because, well, I like babies. And getting married, apparently. We recently had our own baby, a little boy who has reminded all of us how much we enjoy and miss sleep.
Two years ago we lost Mike’s fourteen-year-old daughter to suicide. She was the nicest, sweetest, most loving young woman and she will always be a part of our family. We joke about her 102-pound self stomping like a heard of elephants through the house. We celebrate her birthday, and she comes with us on every vacation (except that one time we left her at home when we went camping, because all she would’ve done is complain).
This is our life. It’s messy and full to the brim of love, and sometimes it hurts because nothing is ever perfect.
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