Meet Heather, Brittany & Allison {New Contributors}

We are so excited to introduce you to our newest contributors this week!  First up, three lovely ladies from across the metro who happen to have a common love of books and reading. Meet Heather, Brittany and Allison!

Keep checking back this week to meet the rest of our newest team members – we’re thrilled to have them on board!

Heather

Photo Credit: Neely Jacobson Photography
Photo Credit: Neely Jacobson Photography

Heather Duncan is a wife, mother, elementary reading teacher and wanna-be writer who resides in Oklahoma City, with her husband Denver.  They live with their three kids, six chickens and cat Nicholas on a mini-urban-farm in the heart of Oklahoma City.  As a recent graduate student, she is currently pursing her masters to be a child and family therapist, working with families of children with a diagnosis or disability.  She’s a crunchy momma, but also enjoys letting her kids consume copious amounts of Nutella and 7/11 Icees.  You can find out more about Heather at her blog www.heatherduncanwrites.com, where she blogs about family, faith and finding humor in the everyday.

1. What is the most random thing in your purse right now?
One purple fuzzy house-shoe that belongs to my daughter.  She had to get an X-ray about a month ago on her foot, and the lone house-shoe is still floating around in my purse.
2. Who is your favorite TV mom?
I can’t choose just one, the short list includes Carol Brady, Kitty Foreman, Claire Dunphy, Linda Flynn-Fletcher 
3. Favorite thing to do with your children in Oklahoma City?
Hitting the Plaza District for Empire Slice House and Roxy’s Ice Cream Social, meeting friends at the Myriad Botanical Garden park and Thunder Fountain, and visiting the zoo to see the elephants and giraffes, which our my kids’ favorites.
4. What are you most passionate about outside of motherhood? 
Outside of motherhood I am most passionate about connecting with other women and cultivating a culture of belonging.  So often isolation and loneliness is an unspoken and unexpected counterpart to motherhood, but I have found that the power and encouragement we need exists in community and relationship.  But, also, I really love gardening, yoga and coffee!
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Brittany

Photo Credit: Shar Rother Photography
Photo Credit: Shar Rother Photography

Brittany is a born-and-bred Okie living in the heart of Tornado Alley with her Mr. Darcy and their two curly-headed daughters, Laynie (4) and Crosbie (1). She left a corporate job as a content writer to stay at home with her littles and is a homeschooling mama by day, an aspiring picture book author by night, and a bibliophile with a legit Amazon wish list.

A self-proclaimed hot mess, she is a sinner saved by grace and a lover of literature, worship music, fitness, early morning snuggles with her girls, NBA games with her husband, The Office, and coffee (give her allllll the coffee). You can find her at Letters to My Littles, where she blogs about parenting, faith, and parenting by faith.
Oh, and her lifelong aspirations include becoming a storm chaser and starring in an OK Go music video. Because, goals.
1. What is the most random thing in your purse right now?
Purse? What’s a purse? Ohhhh, those cute bags that aren’t big enough to hold diapers and sippy cups. Yeah, I haven’t carried one of those since 2011.
2. Who is your favorite TV mom?
Lorelai Gilmore (“Oy with the poodles already!”)
3. Favorite thing to do with your children in Oklahoma City?
We are still in the little years, so we love zoo and library visits. But my husband and I are eagerly awaiting the day our girls are big enough to tag along to Thunder games with us.
4. What are you most passionate about outside of motherhood?
Outside of motherhood, my passions are pretty much centered on fitness, faith, and literature. I am a classic melancholy introvert, which means my moods can be, let’s just say, unpredictable ;). Good books, good workouts, and good ol’ “Come to Jesus” meetings are my daily lifesavers.
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Allison

AllisonAllison is the author of four novels, all of which are cherished by her young adult readership. She is also a professional photographer and specializes in custom portraiture of a wide variety. The new mommy of daughter Evelyn, she is passionate about encouraging other women in their infertility struggles and enjoys making new connections. You can find her books on Amazon. To find out more about her as a photographer, you can visit www.allisonkennedyphotography.com.
1. What is the most random thing in your purse right now?
Probably preggie pops. They’ve been in there since I was pregnant 10 weeks ago!
2. Who is your favorite TV mom?
Annie from 7th Heaven.
3. Favorite thing to do with your children in Oklahoma City?
My baby is still a newborn so we haven’t been out much, but I’m sure there is lots of fun to come!
4. What are you most passionate about outside of motherhood? 
Writing and photography.
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