A Very Brief Sort of Bio

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I live in southern California with my husband Dane and our five kids. Abigail is 11, Owen is 8, Audrey is 6, Sadie is 4, and Eli just turned 1.

Melissa Camara Wilkins

I look like this.

The older kids are homeschooled, the younger ones are just home. (And yes, they were all born at home. Cloth diapered. Worn in slings. All that jazz. I know you were wondering.) They move fast, but I have caffeine.

melissa camara wilkins

Unless one of my kids is the photographer, in which case I look more like this.

Because Reading is Good For You

I write and blog about daily life with five kids: the good, the bad, and the very, very messy. Mostly I am making things up as I go along.

Hey look, it's me with a baby. Nice.

Some of my essays are now available at Amazon. You don’t have to own a Kindle to read them–check out the Cloud Reader for your internet browser, or the Kindle App for your computer, phone, or tablet.

Unrelated to Anything Else

Long ago, in the land before time children, I graduated with honors from the University of California, San Diego, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, and minors in History, Literature, and Women’s Studies. (I know you were wondering about that, too.)

Me again. Or still. Still me. Hello.