Mel is a homeschooling mama to two adventurous little boys, Jacob and Jaden. After working as a nurse and a teacher, she realized where her priorities truly lay, and she made the decision to stay home with her boys. She has no doubt that this is where God wants her right now and has honestly never been happier. Life has never been easy, including losing her first owned house with her husband, Dan, to a housefire three days before Jaden was born….but God has sustained and supplied them with everything they truly “needed.”

Mel has since found a true passion for writing. She always loved to pick up a pencil and just start writing and come up with whatever came out on paper, but she never realized how much it truly enriched her life and soul to do so. She hopes to start a book about her grandmother’s dramatic life before the year is out; she longs to be a published author as well. Right now, she writes articles and short pieces, and just received her diploma from the Institute of Children’s Literature. She loves all things blogging, and her media blog, MamaBuzz, has topics to inspire women in their everyday lives.  It also has several product reviews and giveaways to help mothers in making more informed decisions.  She is also a contributor for Blissfully Domestic. Mel loves to connect and work with brands and publishers, and she has worked with several, including Mcdonald’s, Toyota, PediaCare, Timberdoodle, Total Gym, Barefoot Books, Tyndale House Publishers, etc.

Mel also loves to write about different organizations/individuals in her Shine Your Light series. She is working toward becoming an advocate for those who have been trapped in the sex trafficking industry, and it is her dream to somehow found an organization/halfway home for trafficked individuals to come and begin to rebuild their lives, gaining job skills and life skills that will help them to survive and grow.

Mel’s hobbies include reading, church choir, sewing, baking, anything outdoors, gardening, scrapbooking, and spending time with the fam. She loves to review products and get the word out on things that really help other Mamas; she especially loves great educational products that are not only fun but teach. She loves good music and loves to dance around the kitchen with her boys, laughing and giggling all the way. God is good, therefore, life (although not always easy, in any sense of the word) is good.