Serendipity Mommy is owned and ran by Candace. Candace lives in a very small town in Michigan. She was married very young and 18 months later had her first child at age 19. She takes pride in the fact that she is still very happily married to her husband, Greg. Having a baby so young was very hard but it taught lessons necessary to shape her future of child rearing. Candace has been a stay at home mom for most of time she has been a mom. Her oldest, Colton is now 12, and he has 2 more siblings; a sister, Alyssa, who is 7 and a little brother, Aiden, who is 1.5 years old.
Candace adores her family and they are extremely important to her. There have been times where its been rough financially for the family but through faith and patience, opportunities would pop up and Candace has survived. She doesn’t take material things in life for granted. She knows what its like to go without. She’s been fortunate enough to bounce back and is reaching out to help others that were in her same position last year. She donates to her local food bank and donates toys and clothing to her local Goodwill and also donates baby food and diapers to her local women’s resource group. She feels the need to give back as much as she can as a thank you to those who helped her and her family in times of need.
Candace has been part of the online world since the beginning of America Online. She’s been a part of a message board or support group since her very first pregnancy almost 13 years ago. She’s been a part of moderating forums and also ran one as an administrator for a short time. She has many friends online and a group she has known for years and still talks to. She started blogging last winter try try and avoid her post partum depression. It was the summer though that brought her to networking and her site has been growing ever since. She does reviews and giveaways but also posts normal content. She talks candidly about her kids, school, etc. She is pretty blunt about her opinions but she doesn’t hold anything back and tries to be true to herself. She truly wants to establish lasting friendships and connections.
When she has time to she loves cooking, especially baking. She can make a blueberry pie from scratch that is so good it will make you cry. She also loves photography. Her sister-in-law is a professional photographer and it rubbed off on her so she takes really great photos in the candid style. She is thinking about branching into stock photography or food photography as a paid part time job in the future. In the meantime she is in college, starting her learning towards becoming a Radiologic Technologist (X-Ray Tech.) She always saw herself working in a hospital since she was little. She will be in school for 3.5 years. Her husband, Greg, will be starting classes as well this Spring to become an Audio engineer. He is actually taking courses in the colleges new program section called Digital Music, Audio, and Cinema. When asked, he said his “dream job” would be to shoot commercials, edit them, and add music to them all by himself.
