About

Dear Little Wolves is a place to show a life living with intention that I hope to pass along to my children. I am thankful for my little family growing and am most thankful for God growing me within my family. These days I am focused on living more purposefully, by whatever means and in every situation to His glory, with Him in the center of our lives.

I have been making artwork and illustrations under the name littlebighead for almost ten years but recently have changed it to Four Wolves Co. reflecting our new season and purpose of life, moving forward in providing for my family on my own. I hope to bring a fresh outlook on the stories that are put upon my heart, with the same sense of wonder and awe that I would create with as littlebighead. Additionally, this blog originally started as Resolve House but now it is Dear Little Wolves, reflecting more of my intention of leaving behind a legacy for the ones He has given me care of.  Even though the name has changed, I will still strive to bring more positive resolve into our home and our hearts. Here I combine all the aspects of my world, as a whole because that's truly a better way for me to define who I am and who we are, as an individual and together as a family. 

My family resides in Southern California. Our story is a long and complicated one, with many challenges and struggles. For 9 1/2 years we lived with my parents and afterwards 4 months in a poolhouse belonging to softball friends. Finally, after ten years of not being on our own, God opened the door for a two bedroom apartment for us to call our own. Not two years later, My husband went in the emergency room one night where we found out he had a cancerous tumor growing in his brain and two more spots on his liver and lung. He had melanoma six years prior, contained in a fingernail resulting in the top of his middle finger being amputated. The cancer had returned with a vengeance and on Winter Solstice, December 21st of 2017, he went to his eternal home with the Father.

Our journey with Rick and cancer is cataloged on Instagram under #littlewolveslove. After he passed, I have shared our lives, living with death, under #littlewolvesloveforever and #grieflovehope. I must continue the goals and ideals Rick and I had together as our family grew. I must continue his legacy and our legacy of faith and reliance in Christ, our Lord and Savior. I must provide for, lead, school and take care of these four beautiful children whom we so loved together. We were learning to break from molds that previously limited us and held us down so that we may move forward. Our hope and prayer was and still is, to have our own place someday, a place to grow and play (with a backyard full of dirt, grass and trees!) but this is our journey, learning to live life in any situation while we tie our family bonds stronger to each other with our eyes ever upward to Him who leads us. 

Andrea