About Mel

Mel is a homeschooling mama to two adventurous little boys, Jacob and Jaden. After working as a nurse and a teacher, she realized where her priorities truly lay, and she made the decision to stay home with her boys. She has no doubt that this is where God wants her right now and has honestly never been happier. Life has never been easy, including losing her first owned house with her husband, Dan, to a housefire three days before Jaden was born….but God has sustained and supplied them with everything they truly “needed.”

Mel has since found a true passion for writing. She always loved to pick up a pencil and just start writing and come up with whatever came out on the paper, but she never realized how much it truly enriched her life and soul to do so. She hopes to start a book about her grandmother’s dramatic life before the year is out; she longs to be a published author as well. Right now, she writes articles and short pieces, and she is also learning how to write literature for children. She loves all things blogging, and her personal blog, Real Heart Prints, has topics like motherhood, recipes, devotionals, crafting, reviews on books, movies, and other products, giveaways, and all things home and garden, etc.

Missions has always had a “sweet” spot in Mel’s heart, especially anything to do with inner-city ministries in New York City. She and Dan look forward to some day adopting, whether it be domestic or internationally. They just want to give other children a loving home and show them the light of Jesus.