In an instant everything changed.

It was August 2021, and my whole world changed. I moved from Pittsburgh, PA to Nashville, TN, found out I was pregnant with our second child, and my mom died in a tragic flash flood event. 

 

Talk about having a lot going on. 

 

Those events radically changed my life, the direction I thought I was heading, and what I wanted to do with my short life.

Those events above didn’t directly lead to starting MariJean. There was a lot in between there. But it did lead me to asking questions that led me to find pieces of myself that I had long ago buried and forgotten about while being blissfully swept away with falling in love, getting married, and starting a family.

I asked myself what happened to that fun loving woman I remember being in college? When did she become so irritable, jealous, and judgey?

The death of my mother was the ultimately catalyst into creating the life that I wanted instead of feeling victimized by the life I had. Starting MariJean is the culmination of finding my artist's heart again, indulging my sense of adventure like I used it, and stepping out into a more mature, vital, and whole version of myself.