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Meet the Writer: Jodie

Each Wednesday we will be featuring a member of our writing team. We hope to further grow our community by sharing a bit more about the women that make up Rochester MN Moms Blog!

This week…meet Jodie!

A Rochester native, Jodie met her husband Brian at a college party during a lively set of cards. Together they have shared the joy and challenge of parenting 2 boys, Benjamin, and Christian, who are now young adults ready to show the world what they can do. Most recently Jodie and Brian were able to unite their family with yet another, and have made a lifetime of memories through a surrogate pregnancy.

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Photo credit: Marit Williams Photography

1) If you could go anywhere in the world tomorrow-where would you choose?

Australia! Hands down. (we may have just gotten back, but we were called to stay!)

2) What has been most surprising to you as a mother?

How completely unprepared I am for each new stage. I felt like I knew how to take care of babies, but teenagers and adult children are mind-boggling.

3) What are you most grateful for today?

Today? Everything. I am feeling spoiled and grateful these days. My cup is overflowing. Mostly, my husband. He’s my partner, and we’re on a great team.

4) Favorite way to relax after a long day?

Funny, I think a bath would be my favorite thing, but I don’t have a tub that would make it enjoyable… bobbing through social media is my go to, though I wouldn’t call it my favorite.

5) If you close your eyes and think about it-where is your favorite place to be? 

With my boys. Truly. When I close my eyes, the 4 of us are together. And we’re laughing, and I have NO idea where we are!

6) What is something you believe everyone should experience at least once in their life?

Causing a baby to belly laugh. Really, that sound is medicine for the soul.

7) What is one thing you are working on changing/ being better at?

Time management. How on earth do people get things done?!

8) What is your favorite thing about your life?

I’m really loving the stage of life my husband and I are in. We raised these 2 boys together, and now they’re spreading their wings and preparing to move on to their next adventures. They’re excited and mostly prepared. He and I are dreaming our post-kids dreams, and they’re in reach now. I really love this feeling.

 

 

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