Technically her very last record
was one released with her hus-
band on their wedding day. En-
titled, Wedding Album, the two
took a project that could have
been seen as cheesy and pro-
duced an absolutely beautiful re-
cord. It was released as The Mo-
nacchio’s and the two did plenty
of shows together, while balanc-
ing their own solo careers, but ev-
erything changed with the arrival
of Jacob. Keith had just released
The Dust-Up album and was play-
ing shows in support of his record,
while Sheli was determined to
spend as much time at home with
Jacob as she could. She had been
a stay at home mom for her first
two children, but was facing a dif-
ferent dynamic this go around as
life included a job as well. She
knew there wasn’t room to work
full-time, raise a baby, and play
music, so one had to go.
“The hardest part of how moth-
erhood changed me was my per-
sona of being a singer-songwriter
got put on the back burner,” said
Monacchio. “It was also the best
Watch Sheli Monacchio and her husband perform “House A Home”
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