Blogger Diaries Box Set

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Title: The Blogger Diaries Box Set

Author: KD Robichaux | @kaylathebiblio

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: November 7

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Synopsis

Book 1: Wished For You

Kayla’s Chick Rant & Book Blog

Blog Post: 1/17/15

My name is Kayla and I’m a blogger who believes in fairy tales. Through the anonymity of my blog, along with my reviews of the steamy novels I like to read, I tell the stories of my own search for love. No matter how disastrous they turn out—and believe me, you will ask yourself ‘Did that really happen?’—I never gave up, knowing my soul mate was out there somewhere.

When my big brother invited me to move to Houston for a semester of college, I jumped at the opportunity to leave my small hometown to see what it was like to live in a big city. Having no friends and not knowing where to go, I met a guy online and met up with him that night. Because…YOLO, right?

Turns out, he was an okay guy. Not ‘The One’, but still, a good enough guy to spend time with. But then, he introduced me to his best friend Jason, and my world tilted on its axis. The dark, tough, tatted-up guy, who was too broody for his own good, captivated me.

But he made it perfectly clear, I wasn’t his type.

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

The Blogger Diaries Trilogy is the true story of how I met, fell for, lost, and got a 

second chance at love with my soul mate. The names of everyone EXCEPT me, Jason, my family, and my best friend have been changed to protect their identities. Full of youthful stupidity, leading to bad decisions and lots of angst, it is a real life story, where inevitably things are messy.

No one can look back at their late teens and early twenties and not think of moments that make them ask, What the hell was I thinking? Every second of this trilogy is true, exactly as it happened.

The first book, ‘Wished For You’, is a tale of finding ‘the one’ too early, and then having to let them go.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a true trilogy, meaning the first two books END ON CLIFFHANGERS. But if you take the journey with me, in the end, I promise you a happily ever after you will never forget.

I know I won’t.

Book 2: Wish He Was You

Kayla’s Chick Rant & Book Blog

Blog Post

Heartbroken and devastated, I moved back home to North Carolina after the man I loved more than anything told me he didn’t want me anymore. 

After my disastrous dating history, I had finally found the one, my soul mate, and then he just threw me away like I meant nothing to him. So, what was I supposed to do now? 

I did what any woman who had her heart ripped to shreds would do. I rebounded. And I rebounded hard. 

My life spun and progressed at whirlwind speed as I tried desperately to fill the hole Jason had left inside me. 

I had myself fooled for a while there, until the newness of everything wore off, until the whirlwind slowed to a grinding halt and I was forced to stop and realize exactly what I’d done. I suppose I could’ve trained myself to be content with Aiden, but all I did was…

Wish He Was You

Book3: Wish Come True

Kayla’s Chick Rant and Book Blog

April 17, 2016

They say when you quit trying so hard, things will finally fall into place. So, I let go of my failed marriage to Aiden, focused all my attention on my daughter and finishing school while working a full-time job, and suddenly…

Barely breathing turned into surviving.

Surviving turned into being content.

Contentment turned into happiness.

All just my girl and me.

But there was still something missing, something I truly never thought I’d have. 

My happily ever after.

One Tree HIll

This past Saturday, I started season 1 of One Tree Hill. I felt a little ridiculous, because I am a few days away from turning 30, and here I am addicted to a show about teenagers. Back when it first premiered, I was in high school and really busy. You know I had sports, friends, boyfriends, and homework, plus we didn't have DVR back then.

I finished the first season in about two days, I know I should feel ashamed by this, but I don't. I'm currently on episode 3 of the second season. It's going to take me a while to finish all 9 seasons, I do work full time, and I am a mom and wife.

So far, I really like Haley and Nathan. The main reason, because I have a soft spot in my heart for young marriage. I know most people think it is so stupid to get married young, or to make that kind of commitment to your first love, but I don't. I got married 2 months and 21 days after I turned 20. We got engaged 9 months after we started dating, or about a year after we started talking. We were married 1 year and 8 months after we first made our relationship official. It's not like we had been together for years, we just knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. I was barely in my 20s when I got married, and  I am about to celebrate my 30th birthday, and I am still happily married. I of course don't know where their story goes, and I'm sure it's not going to always be happy, but I can have hope for them. (Yes I know they are fictional characters!) 😀

I just can't wait to see where this show goes in the following seasons. It will take me a while to finish, but I will get there, because it is a really good show. If I wasn't an adult, I would watch it until I was done with it. 

My thoughts on parenting.....

As a mom and a teacher, I know a little bit about children. Do I know everything? No! Am I a perfect mom? No, there is no such thing. My children come first to my husband and myself. Even though they come first to us, we still make mistakes, we are only human. We try our best to make sure that they are happy and healthy.

Children need to have stability in every aspect of their lives, in their home and school, with their parents and babysitter, etc.

My children still have their parents happily married. My husband and I  are coming up on our 10th wedding anniversary in December. We were 20 years old when we got married, and we weren't pregnant, and we didn't have a baby. We loved each other and wanted to spend that rest of our lives with each other. If you are not with your child's other parent, that doesn't make you a bad parent. It all depends on how you handle the situation and does the child know they are loved no matter what? You need to effectively co-parent, for the sake of your children. In my own opinion, I believe that children are better off if their parents are still married to each other, and that are happy together. We married that person, or had a baby with that person for a reason. Why wouldn't we try everything in our power to make our marriage and family work? I know that every situation is different, and you can't make the other partner try, but I know people who give up way too easy on their family. I have seen the effects of divorce or broken homes on children, it's not usually a good situation. Children seem to have a better childhood if they grow up with their family intact. I believe that we should make sure we have a strong marriage first, then we take care of our children. If the marriage is strong, the family won't suffer.

In my children's short lives, 6 and 4 years, they have never moved. I am not saying that if you have moved you are a bad parent, but I heard of children not much older then my kids, who don't even know how many different houses, or schools they have been in. That's a big deal. Children need stability. It does affect them. I moved in the middle of 6th grade, to go to a better school system. I understand why my parents moved us no, but as a 12 year old, I wasn't happy about it. I was already shy, and here I was going from elementary to Jr. high in the middle of the school year. I didn't want to leave my friends, and the only school that I had ever known. My move was for the best in the long run. I was moved to a much better, smaller school. I made some great friends, and I met my husband. All moves aren't bad, we just need to make sure that we are moving for the right reasons.

We are very involved in our children's lives. I check my 1st graders backpack and folder every night. I sign or initial where I need too. If I can't help with homework, my husband is right there working with her. She reads to us every night. I go and sit through every cheerleading practice, not because I have too, but because I want too. Our whole family is at her games. I want to be involved. I started going to her school PTO meetings. I didn't go last year, but this year I am going to be more involved. If she has a skating party, or back to school night we are there. If our preschooler has something on the same night, then we split up and one of us goes with one, and the other parent goes with the other child. We make it work, for our children. We go to mom or dad night at preschool. I recently went with my 4 year old on his field trip. I won't be able to go to my 1st graders field trip, because I do work, but I went to both last year. I talk to her about why I won't be there, and I let her know that I would if I could. If you miss a few things here and there, for work or whatever reason, no you are not a bad parent. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying our children need to see us being involved in their lives. They need to know that we care, and that we are interested in what they are interested in.

As parents, are we going to enjoy every activity that our children are involved in? Probably not, but does that give us a right to skip it, no. As our children get older, we do need to let them go, and let them explore different activities on their own, but we still need to be involved for the games, and the big events that really matter. My children are still young enough, that if they have any sort of activity my husband or myself need to be there. Our children need to know that we are always available when they need us, and not matter what we will always love them.

From what I observe with working with different children, in many different schools, majority of bad behavior, is because our child don't have a stable environment to grow up in. They don't think that they are loved or cared for in their own families, if they even have a family. If we choose to bring a child into this world, we need to put their needs first. Our wants come second. If you can't afford your child's basic needs, you don't need your extras. You also, shouldn't be working so much too afford your extras, if you have children at home who needs your time. They will remember being with you, not your too expensive house or car, not that toy you got them, they just want your time.

Like I said in the beginning, I am not perfect, and I make all kinds of mistakes. I do believe that over all I'm a pretty good mom. I would do anything for my children, and I don't just say that on Facebook, I actually do it. I know that every family and situation is different, but I do know that if you are putting your child's needs first, you are being the best parent that you can be, which is all your child can ask from you.

Update on my life

I have only made one post on this blog, and that was two years ago. I was just about ready to start student teaching, and I wasn't sure what to name my blog. I still don't have a name, but a lot has happened since July 2014. I successfully finished student teaching, and it was a great experience. I finished up in December 2014. I then got a job as a paraprofessional at the end of January 2015. I stayed at that school until the end of the school year. I had planned of going back, because I didn't pass all of my licensing test before the next school year. At the last minute I got offered a job at the school of my choice as a Title 1 aide. My daughter also started Kindergarten that year at the same school.

It was a great year, because I got to work in the same classroom as my daughter, and it was something that most parents don't get to experience. No, I wasn't a classroom teacher, but I got to enjoy working in a school, and working in my daughters classroom. I passed the last two test that I needed to get my teaching license in January and February of 2016. I was so excited and ready for the future. In the spring I interviewed for a teaching job at the same school that I was working at. I didn't end up getting the teaching job, but I got a year contract to cover maternity leaves. I'm still really excited and nervous.


This has also been a pretty great summer. I worked at a program that is like a summer camp. What was so great about it was that I got to bring my kids with me. So I got to work with kids, but also be with my children. We had a lot of fun this summer. We did arts and crafts, went on field trips, played games, and so much more. The kids had a great time, my kids had a great time, and I had a great time.

These are just a few pictures of the fun we had this summer at my job. This Tuesday is the last day for me at this job, because I start training and meetings for the upcoming school year. This is a very exciting time for my family and I.