
Layer Seventeen - New Moon
The deeper I dig into my heart, the more I am constantly amazed by the ways my mindset has changed. I feel as though every bit of what I...

Layer Sixteen - Oxytocin
This layer has detailed years of hard intimate work and I have chosen not to share publicly. This layer is for me. 🤍

Layer Fifteen - Let It Burn
As I wrote this entry, I was curled up on the couch, soaking up the heat from the fire in our wood stove. The fire would crackle and pop...

Layer Fourteen - Interwoven
The mind of a woman - it is complex, it is unique, and it can be dangerous. It is a mystery even to me. I have spent far too many days...

Layer Thirteen - The Box
I was sitting in a room surrounded by people I loved. My husband came in, but I knew that he would not be there long. I only had a short...

Layer Twelve - Vanity, Vanity
It was still dark, and all was quiet in the house. I had just finished preparing my husband’s breakfast and lunch for the day before he...

Thankful Heart - Happy Belly
Happy Holidays! -Thanksgiving- This season always brings tremendous joy and warmth to my heart. There are so many things to be thankful...

Layer Eleven - Introvert Meets Extrovert
I can tend to be a walking contradiction. I love interaction and talking with people - deep conversations and really getting to know...

Layer Ten - The Deep End
I’m a planner by nature. It has always given me joy to look ahead and plan things out. I like to think through situations- what could be,...

Layer Nine - Knee Deep
Through the years, God has worked deeply in my heart. He has revealed to me the dirt I hid from and has shown me the unhealthy ways I...

Layer Eight - Trust Fall
On a beautiful fall afternoon, I stood joyfully, hand-in-hand, with the man I had prayed so long for. I gave him my life. I gave him all...

Layer Seven - The Other Woman
Fast forward to last year. This is the layer in my journey that started this blog series. Honestly, the first copy of this entry was ugly...

Layer Six - The Unraveling
As I continued to learn and grow, I understood my husband's desire (to some extent) and knew more of his heart in regard to his longing...

Layer Five - Then, There Was... HER
It took a long time and a lot of hard conversations to process all that had come up in my heart due to discovering plural marriage. I was...

Layer Four - Until Death Do Us Part...
During my husband’s study into plural marriage, he was also looking into biblical gender roles and his role as a husband, father, and...

Layer Three - My Flaws
I laid there in utter disbelief while my husband explained this new realization that polygamy (polygyny specifically) was not a sin. He-...

Layer Two - Curiosity Killed the Wife
We both grew up going to church and were taught of the mighty men in the Bible. I learned about their lives in passing while my husband...

Onion Layer One - Monogamy Only Lie
I grew up, a typical little girl, dreaming of finding a loving man and having beautiful children- you know, the white picket fence life....

Peeling The Onion - Intro
The journey into accepting Plural marriage from a woman’s perspective Life is a funny thing; it is unpredictable and will often throw a...



















