Hey you!  My name is Cori.  I am currently a certified school nurse (CSN), but I have been a registered nurse since 2013. Unfortunately for me, I became sick and had to take a medical leave in 2021.  In the first year, I felt broken and helpless.  It was a little ironic because so many people would say, “what’s the problem, I wish I could be a stay-at-home mom” or “must be nice”.  However, being a stay-at-home mom of three, was not by choice.  In fact, I had had two near death experiences, of which my doctors felt that being home was best.

I started to make these two situations my circumstance.  I had lost my way and fail into a depression.  I wanted to be present in every moment for them.  I mean, I was there physically, but not mentally.  I had the same defeated narrative of “why me”, “why do I have to be sick”, “why can’t I just have a normal life”?!

It took my 5-year-old son to snap me back into reality.  He came into my room one day, with tears in his eyes and asked me if I was happy.  I asked him why he would ask me that, because in my mind, I didn’t think that I had done anything that would make him think that I was upset.  You know what his reply was?  He said, “mommy you don’t smile, and you never get out of the bed to play with us anymore. Do you not like us anymore, do we not make you happy!”  This broke my heart into a million little pieces.  My six-year-old son had been internalizing the weight of all of my pain.  In that moment, I knew that I had to do better!!!

Nevertheless, I had plenty of time to reflect on my life and what exactly was important to me.  Was my job that important, or did my family deserve more?  What do I value?  In this journey of discovery, I realized three major things.  Number one being, that I am blessed to be here!  Secondly, my husband and children needed me… And lastly, I needed them.

From then on, I decided that I would focus on all of the positives in my life, and acknowledge all of the blessings that God had given me.  With that, I began to see the world through a different lens, and oh is it beautiful.

In finding myself, I started to learn what made me happy.  I found that keeping a home, fashion, and entertaining is my happy place.   In doing the things that I love; I have seen a difference in my family.  They are happier and that is the biggest reward of them all! I want to capture those moments, and share them with everyone, the Naturally Prissy way.  Which is why I decided to take a step out of my comfort zone and show you beautiful things through my lens.