Today, we’d like to introduce you to Nancy Wilson.
Hi Nancy, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My story… my story would start in the chapter of life that changed me the most. In 2012, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. I was in my late 20s. By no means is an adult ready to lose my mom… but is there ever a time when you are ready… The cancer took her quickly… and before I was even able to accept she was sick, she passed away in 2013.
I was an only child, and my mom and I were close. I was by no means the perfect daughter, but she and I were as close as could be. It devastated me. And for years after her death, I didn’t want to accept it. I just lived life. I didn’t live life for a purpose… I was just following the motions. My father passed away three years later. And that hit hard, too. At that moment, I had no one in my court. I was truly an adult orphan as I considered myself. I mindlessly was still living life with no dream, love, or happiness. Now, I would come off as happy around peers, friends… but inside, I was not happy. And I didn’t know where to find happiness.
Around the time I lost my dad, I found ladies on Instagram to follow. They shared their life with the world and worked on their influencer journeys. I watched them daily. Sometimes, they purchase items they post but love following their lives. It was like my very own daily soap opera show without the crazy drama. Their lives were interesting. I looked forward every day to watching to see what was happening and looking at clothes, home decor and much more they were sharing on their stories. A few years after consistently watching their stories… I was motivated to post more on my instagram.
To me, it was more of a way to remember all the good times in my life. A place I could go back to and smile at the memories. Some years, I would share more than others. After the pandemic, in January 2021, I met my now husband. We met on a dating app. I was a 37 year old with no kids (more on that later) and he was a year older than me with three kids. We hit it off, and a year after dating, we decided we would get married! We got married six months later at the beach with his kids, my now stepkids. It was the perfect wedding.
I was constantly posting our lives, what we were doing, and all the happy memories on my Instagram. I hadn’t realized but I was happy again. And I wasn’t posting for likes or comments. I was posting for me. I was happy again.
May 2023 my husband, Danny and I found out I was pregnant. Which was quite a shock because my whole life, I had struggled with miscarriages, infertility, and no hope that I would have a child of my own. But here we were pregnant. I finally felt peace after we got to the halfway mark in my pregnancy. I was going to be a mom. We were going to have a brother or sister for my stepkids.
A few weeks later we had a family outing at the zoo. And something was wrong with me that day. My husband and the kids got me a wheelchair as it was impossible for me to walk. The next day I went to the ER just to check on things. They told me the baby was fine. There was a heartbeat. The baby was moving, and I had no reason for concern. They told me to schedule a follow up appointment the following week. And to relax. At my follow up appointment, there was no heartbeat. That night, I did something I didn’t think I would do. I posted on Facebook and asked for prayers.
The outpouring of love and support from my Facebook friends was astonishing. The next day, I was admitted into the hospital to deliver our baby. It was a long and miserable experience. When I finally delivered the doctors informed me that our baby boy had tied 2 knots in his umbilical cord. He had never seen two true knots before in an umbilical cord. He was going to be a boy. We hadn’t known that. So I was eventually released from the hospital, and the hardest part was knowing I just gave birth to my baby… I could physically feel that I had just delivered a baby but I did not have a baby to bring home with me.
Where would life take me now…
I wasn’t going to go down the dark and depressed road that I had taken when I lost my mom and then when I lost my dad. I had a family now. I had my twin 16 year old stepdaughters, my 11 year old stepson and my Holland (my stepkid’s mother’s son) and of course my husband who all needed me. I wasn’t going to let depression set in and my loose out on their lives.
I had been making TikTok’s and posting on instagram for fun. I had been sharing items I loved with an affiliate link. But I wanted to have more of a purpose. I started sharing my experience. Or parts of it. The amount of women who comment, DM me or showed love to my posts. Sharing their experiences about loss… We all have a story to tell.
It was shortly after delivering baby boy Wilson that I decided if I can brighten one person’s life or share my story with someone and help them than maybe that is my purpose. I had completely turned to God at this point in my life. And I know God had me wrapped in his arms and wouldn’t let me go down the dark path of self destruction this time.
Posting to instagram was my outlet. Finding amazing sales to post, things I loved and sharing them. Sharing my life with my followers was bringing me happiness. Making friends with people across the world was so refreshing. I enjoy engaging with their content as much as it brought a smile to my face when they like or commented on my content.
My hope for my instagram journey is to inspire people. To inspire myself. I have been living the motto happiness over perfection. I am definitely not a content creator that shows everything has to be perfect to post. Post what makes you happy. Spread love and happiness and kindness.
Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
My biggest struggle is the fear that someone will say something rude if I share my life. But quite frankly….. (knock on wood) I have never experienced that.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am currently creating content for fun, working with brands to share their products, and using affiliate links to share items, products that I use and love.
I don’t know if I would consider me a specialist in any aspect of the field. I love sharing items that bring me joy. Whether that be clothes I recently purchased, kitchen items and gadgets, or fun ideas, projects, holiday things for the kids.
Can’t say I am most proud of anything. Proud of myself if anything. The realization that others are judging or laughing at you could be a turnoff from social media but I am proud that I am following my dreams.
I don’t think anything sets me apart. I am one of thousands of woman who are sharing their lives, their passions their stories with the world on social media. I wouldn’t consider my story something that would set me apart It’s a blessing for someone to follow me that tells me I inspire them or they can relate to my life journey that brings me joy.
Added… If I have to state something that sets me apart. Not only am I a stepmom, wife – I am an animal mom… and my animals are my babies. We have two ducks, a cat, three dogs, a guinea pig, a bearded dragon and a leopard gecko. And we would have so many more animals if there was more hours in a day to take care of them!!!
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
The most import lesson would be that it doesn’t matter what other people think.
I have spent too much of my life trying to fit into this world… and still do to an extent, but finding peace in being yourself and not caring what others may think or say.
Contact Info:
- Website: Www.dogscoffeeandlife.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dogscoffeeandlife?igsh=MW90c2QxMDI5YzF2NQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.proffit?mibextid=LQQJ4d
