About me

Writing has long been a passion of mine, so this blog is an outlet for that need. If my writings can help one person not feel alone, it’s worth it. Know you are loved- and seen. 

The story of

Magnolia Pearl

Lover of life, thinking, writing, and laughing. 

I’m not out to become the next influencer or famous blogger. I don’t claim to have anything figured out. But I do care. I care about you. I care about children. I care about marriage, society, animals, and the world we leave behind.

  • Combat Veterans Wife
  • Mom of Teenage Boys
  • Child of (7) Divorces
  • First-Responder Daughter
  • Step-Daughter to 2
  • Aunty to Many
  • Sister to One

Frequently Asked Questions

Let’s cover a few things. 

Absolutely NOT. There is no way I could write freely about the things I do if I used my real identity. 

I talk about a lot of personal stuff that involves family and friends that I love very much.

Most of the things I talk about are form the past, and as a family we have healed and grown- I have no intention of outing them publically or bringing shame to them simply because they’re human. 

Using an alias also keeps me humble because there’s nothing I can gain from this blog. 

Funny story. I have this thing where I like to start businesses completely randomly with no plan of action. Eventually, they flop when I get bored and move on. This website WAS a buinsess, named Magnolia AND Pearl- and it WAS going to sell paper products like journals. However, that was too muhc work (I do have a 9-5 job and kids to raise) so I just used the URL and business name since I already had it. 

As of writing this, no. However, I do plan on adding in affiliate links. When I do, I will make sure it’s clear the link is sponsored. 

Maybe. If you have story and would like to be featured on my blog, I’m open to it. Find the form in the footer and reach out to me or email me at: mag@magnoliaandpearl.com

My Life

  • 4 Months Old

My parents divorced.

  • 4 Years Old

Dad marries wife # 2. She will be affectionately known as wife #2.

Mom marries husband #2. He will be known as husband #2.

  • 6 Years Old

Dad divorces wife #2

  • 7 Years Old

Mom divorces husband #2

  • 8 Years Old

Mom starts dating who would become my Step-Dad (going on 30 years now). 

  • 9 Years Old

Dad marries wife #3. She has two kids, one a son who sexually, physically, and emotionally abused me throughout the duration of this marriage. 

  • 10 Years Old

Mom marries husband #3, my step-dad of 30 years (and going strong). 

  • 12 Years Old

Dad divorces wife #3

Bullied in middle school

  • 13 Years Old

Dad marries wife #4

Brother converts to Mormonism 

 

  • 14 Years Old

Find Jesus and meet my now husband (awwwwww). 

 

  • 18 Years Old

Brother leaves for his Mormon mission

  • 21 Years Old

Dad divorces wife #4

I am diagnosed with Graves Disease 

  • 24 Years Old

Dad marries wife #5

  • 25 Years Old

I marry my high-school sweetheart and move to NC the as he’s serving our country with the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army. 

  • 26 Years Old

We have our first son, three weeks later my husband deploys to Iraq.

I move home to Oregon to be with my parents and have help.

They then move to ND so I follow. 

  • 27 Years Old

I move back to NC to prepare for my husband to come home.

Husband comes home, we move to California.

  • 28 Years Old

Recession hits, and nobody is hiring in California. 

We move to ND.

  • 30 Years Old

We welcome our second son to earth. 

Buy our first home.

  • 33 Years Old

Brother-in-law commits suicide 

  • 34 Years Old

Dad marries wife #6

  • 36 Years Old

Sell our house, move back home to Oregon to be near family

  • 40 Years Old

Buy our second home

Take in our nephew whose father passed away 

  • 41 Years Old

Raising three teenagers. Working in marketing. Dog/Cat/Lizard Mom. 

Start this blog.