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Tips for Renovating Your House for Retirement

Tips for Renovating Your House for Retirement

June 29, 2022 By Christine Field

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As you approach retirement, your living needs will likely change. You might be planning to travel more and leave your home for extended periods, or you might need to add amenities that assist you with daily activities, such as a walk-in shower. ...

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I’m a Marriage and Motherhood Survivor(c) and I’m OK

July 29, 2021 By Christine Field

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To say that my life did not turn out the way I expected would be an understatement. I approached both marriage and motherhood with incredible idealism. I would have the greatest marriage and my kids would rise up and call me blessed.  Proverbs ...

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What Kind Of Retirement Lifestyle Do You Want To Lead?

May 13, 2021 By Christine Field

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One of the most important aspects of future planning is considering what comes after you’re finished with your working life and what kind of life you’re going to be leading when a job isn’t the only thing keeping you up financially. Rather than just ...

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Counting the Cost: Reflections on turning 65

April 9, 2021 By Christine Field

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I turn 65 this week. It’s quite a shock to me that time has flown so quickly. Wasn’t it just yesterday I was knee deep in diapers and toddlers? Now they have flown and are unique adults with their own lives. My life has been blessed and ...

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badass midlife

3 Easy Steps to be Badass in Midlife

September 10, 2018 By Christine Field

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I have never been exactly shy in my life, but I never would have considered myself to be a badass. I have done scary things that I wanted to do, but sometimes with a quaking heart. In my last decade, that heart has stopped quaking and I’ve ...

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Hi! I’m Christine!

It’s Never Too Late to Rewrite Your Story

If you’re standing at a crossroads—wondering where the “you” you used to know went—you are not alone.

Maybe you spent years pouring yourself into your family, homeschooling, raising kids with big needs and even bigger hearts.
Maybe you’re navigating a broken marriage, facing an empty nest that feels a lot emptier than you ever imagined, or grieving distance from your adult children.

You may be asking yourself: What happened to the life I dreamed of?
What happens now?

Here’s the truth:
It’s never too late to rewrite your story.

No matter the detours or disappointments, there is still hope.
There are still beautiful chapters ahead, waiting for you to write them.


What You’ll Find Here

Real Mom Life is a place where you’ll find:

  • Real talk about motherhood, marriage, divorce, and all the messy parts in between

  • Honest reflections on faith, family, healing, and hope

  • Encouragement for the woman who feels forgotten—or who forgot herself along the way

  • Inspiration to rebuild, rediscover, and live with purpose, passion, and yes—a little pizzazz

  • A reminder that your story isn’t over—and the next part might just be the best yet


My Story

Hi, I’m Christine—a marriage and motherhood survivor, a recovering perfectionist, and a woman determined to live the second half of life with purpose, passion, and a whole lot of pizzazz.

I spent decades doing what many women do: pouring myself into my family, raising children (some with big needs and even bigger hearts), homeschooling, navigating a long and complicated marriage, and trying to be everything for everyone. Somewhere in all of that, I lost parts of myself I didn’t even realize were gone.

During those intense years of deep mothering, I also wrote seven books for major Christian publishers about parenting, adoption, and homeschooling. I spoke at conferences, encouraged other moms, and tried to offer wisdom from the trenches.

And then—everything I held dear was challenged.

My kids started struggling in ways I couldn’t fix.
My marriage unraveled.
And so did the life I had so carefully built.

Divorce, the empty nest, the ache of adult children who didn’t launch quite the way I’d hoped—it all collided at once.

Sound familiar?

But here’s the good news:
It’s never too late to rewrite your story.

Now in my late 60s, I’m building a rich, meaningful life—not despite the hard chapters, but because of them.
I started dating again (and got married in May 2025!), I’m working full-time in my career as a criminal lawyer, and I’m dreaming bigger than ever.
I’m a woman of faith who’s walked through the fire—and found new life on the other side.


Let’s Walk This Road Together

If you’re wondering what’s next after the life you planned didn’t turn out the way you hoped, you’re in the right place.
We don’t have to shrink or settle.
We get to rise, reclaim, and sparkle.

So pour a cup of coffee (or something stronger), and let’s keep going, together.

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