FLB:  Many of us know you as a longtime baby group mama and facilitator. What season of motherhood are you in now? Drea:  I just realized the other week that I'm not in the toddler years anymore. It's been coming, and the kids have gone to school, and yet somehow, it takes so much longer to catch up to what's shifted, to really process it. I have grade-school kids. And I'm not drowning like I was for years. The realization is freeing and also aches with grief. FLB:  You’ve be

These past six months, I’ve been in a complete funk. Is it a third-life crisis? A hormone shift? I’m not sure. All I know is that I’m stuck in a cycle of "what ifs" and a strange, aching discontentment. If you’ve been following my journey, you know my world revolves around my five-year-old son and my two-year-old daughter. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I was certain I was done. I spent 25 weeks nauseous, convinced that the thought of another pregnancy made me want to

“You may feel powerless, but all I see is a woman who is SO in her power that she can show up for the children while everything is burning around her. What is power if not the strength of a mother to keep opening her heart and carrying the light, despite all the wickedness and darkness around her. You may feel hopeless, but all I see is a woman who inspires so much hope and joy in her children all while not knowing what the future holds for them. What is hope if not the voice

Drea : Hi friend! To start out, how did you end up in Durango? Kelly : Roughly twelve years ago, I was needing a change from the Front Range and fresh start. I had a few friends in Durango and an opportunity to house sit, so my golden retriever Cooper and I packed up and left! Coincidentally, I met my husband the night I moved to town and the rest is history! Drea : Adorable! And how did you first get involved with For Love & Babes? Kelly : After the birth of my first son, Ol