02/14/2026
Happy Valentine’s🤍
Vanessa and I would have loved to put together a fun Valentine’s reel for you all, but it’s been a little wild around here lately.
The past six months have stretched and humbled me in ways I didn’t expect. In January, my back pain completely took me out. I was essentially bedridden. I couldn’t mom. I couldn’t teach. I couldn’t doula. And if you know me, you know how deeply that shook me.
I’m usually the “push through it” person. Keep going. Keep smiling. Keep juggling it all. Asking for help doesn’t come naturally to me.
But this time? I had no choice.
I had to live out the very advice we give our clients all the time: Ask for help. Lean on your village. Give yourself grace. Advocate for yourself (especially in this medical system… IYKYK).
And I need to say this -
Vanessa, thank you. For stepping in and teaching. For taking on extra doula clients. For answering emails while I was somewhere between pain and pain meds. You’ve carried more than your share so I can focus on healing, and I will always be grateful for that. 2 weeks post operation! No more walker or shower chair! 🍾
What this season has taught me:
-Pain is incredibly humbling.
-Asking for help is not weakness.
-I am surrounded by the most incredible people. Our community showed up in ways I’ll never forget. (Eamon absolutely gets a gold star.)
This chapter has been messy and vulnerable and hard… but also filled with love. And that feels especially fitting this week.
If I’ve learned anything, it’s this: we were never meant to do this alone.
Happy Valentine’s to the village that carries us when we can’t carry ourselves 🤍
