Mama, how often do you feel guilty for resting — or even thinking about it? I know I used to. I felt like I had to do it all — and only when everything was finished, then I’d maybe allow myself to rest. But even before becoming a mom, I carried guilt around slowing down. […]

As a mom I often wonder if I’m enough for my family and friends. So often I used to think I was always behind everything. Behind on laundry. Behind on purpose. Behind on who I was supposed to be. But when I stop, take a breathe and pray, I remember this truth I so often […]

Let’s be real with each other – some days, it feels like too much. By Wednesday I was so frustrated, exhausted and wondering what happened. It didn’t matter how often I cleaned, the mess always returned. There was always stuff not put away.  Laundry piles grew. The messes grew. Crumbs on the counters. I thought […]

You love your family deeply — but some days, everything just feels loud and is overwhelming The mess, the schedule, the meals, the emotions, the expectations… all of it can feel like too much. And the hard part? These are the things that often pull us away from the moments that matter most — being […]

To the mom carrying the invisible weight of guilt… I see you, I feel you.  You love your family so much. You’re doing your best. But no matter how much you do, it just never feels like enough. You wonder if you should be more patient, more organized, more available, more something. And this weekend […]

The Pressure to Keep Going I used to believe that resting meant I was lazy. That slowing down or saying no meant I was letting my family down. The world tells us we should be able to juggle it all — spotless houses, home-cooked meals, thriving kids and a perfectly planned week. So even when […]

When I look back over the past five years, I still can’t quite believe how much my life has changed. In 2019, I was preparing to open the bakery and coffee shop I had dreamed of for years. I had poured my heart into that vision — until God gently whispered something different. It was […]

You Were Never Meant to Do It All: Creating Space for What Matters Most When I became a mom, I felt a heavy pressure that so many of us carry — the pressure to do it all, be it all, manage it all — and make it look easy. I used to believe that if […]

There are days when I lay my head on the pillow and wonder if I did anything right? Why was the day so hard?  The homeschool room was left a mess, the kids room looks like a disaster and someone cried during math, I lost my patience (again), and the laundry I meant to fold […]

If I’m being honest, Tuesdays are my least favorite day of the week. They’re the hardest day we have—and I’m not even sure why. I never got to experience the “terrible twos” that so many other moms talk about. But now? I feel like I’m living in a different kind of terrible two—Terrible Tues. For […]

Spring is all about resetting—both our home and our schedule. It really is a time for a fresh start. The flowers begin to bloom, the sun stays out a little longer and maybe, just maybe, we crack open the windows when the pollen isn’t bad. Now the clutter I’ve been ignoring since the beginning of […]

Every day we plant seeds with our kids, sometimes they land on good soil and other days it feels like planting seeds in dry, cracked ground—no fruit in sight, no visible change, just more reminders of how far we have to go. Lately I’ve been repeating myself more times that I can point, because the […]