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09/07/2025

Work can easily become tasking with deadlines, demands, expectations, and emotions all rolled into one never ending to do list. Whether you’re clocking into a job, managing a business, or running your household, it’s easy to feel like peace and purpose get lost in the shuffle. But I’m learning this: peace isn’t the absence of pressure. It’s the presence of God in the pressure....

Work can easily become tasking with deadlines, demands, expectations, and emotions all rolled into one never ending to do list. Whether you’re clocking into a job, managing a business, or running y…

08/29/2025

Brokenness shows up in different ways. Sometimes it’s loud like betrayal, loss, or heartbreak that leaves us breathless. Other times it’s quiet like an ache under the surface, the weight of exhaustion, or the numbness that creeps in when we’ve carried too much for too long. A broken heart doesn’t always look like tears. Sometimes it looks like busyness that never slows down....

Brokenness shows up in different ways. Sometimes it’s loud like betrayal, loss, or heartbreak that leaves us breathless. Other times it’s quiet like an ache under the surface, the weight of exhaust…

08/26/2025

08/25/2025

Happy 8th Grade!!
“The Lord will guide you always” (Isaiah 58:11).
So proud of you, Seb go shine your light! 🏀📚

08/25/2025

Summer fun 🎉

08/20/2025

Middle school is a turning point. One foot is still planted in childhood, the other foot reaching for independence. If you’re homeschooling through this season, you know it’s a beautiful mix of wonder, questions, and eye rolls, curiosity and challenges, laughter and slammed doors. Homeschooling isn’t always easy. Some days it’s coffee in your hand with waffles in theirs and laughter around the kitchen table....

Middle school is a turning point. One foot is still planted in childhood, the other foot reaching for independence. If you’re homeschooling through this season, you know it’s a beautiful mix of won…

08/08/2025

Life has a way of hitting in waves. Sometimes they’re small ripples, and sometimes they feel like they might sweep us under. In those seasons of chaos, grief, or exhaustion, we quickly discover something beautiful that God often sends people to carry us when our own strength runs thin. They may not even realize they’re doing it. It might be the friend who texts, “I was thinking of you today.” Or calls out of nowhere when you have been feeling out of sorts....

Life has a way of hitting in waves. Sometimes they’re small ripples, and sometimes they feel like they might sweep us under. In those seasons of chaos, grief, or exhaustion, we quickly discover som…

08/01/2025

There are days when you wake up and wonder how you’ll make it through. You stare at the ceiling, already tired, already overwhelmed, and all you can do is whisper, “Lord, help me.” You’re not alone. Strength and perseverance aren’t about having it all together. They’re about showing up even when everything inside of you wants to give up. It’s about taking the next step, not because you feel strong, but because you trust God to carry you when you can’t carry yourself....

There are days when you wake up and wonder how you’ll make it through. You stare at the ceiling, already tired, already overwhelmed, and all you can do is whisper, “Lord, help me.” You’re not alone…

07/25/2025

I used to think stressing less meant moving on toward something more peaceful. More routines. More structure. More research. But somewhere along the way—through sleepless nights, therapy visits, and long car rides of prayer—I learned something deeper: Less stress doesn’t start with doing more. It starts with surrender. The kind of surrender that brings you to your knees. As a mom of three boys and one with complex needs and autism, I’ve often felt the silent pressure to be everything, know everything, and fix everything....

I used to think stressing less meant moving on toward something more peaceful. More routines. More structure. More research. But somewhere along the way—through sleepless nights, therapy visits, an…

07/18/2025

Let’s pause for a moment, take a deep breath, and speak this truth aloud: You’re not failing. Even if you have a crazy mess in your house, car, life and your to-do list feels like it’s taunting you—you’re not failing. Even if you’re homeschooling days go sideways, your child melted down, you broke a toe, or you melted down—you’re not failing....

Let’s pause for a moment, take a deep breath, and speak this truth aloud: You’re not failing. Even if you have a crazy mess in your house, car, life and your to-do list feels like it’s taunting you…

07/11/2025

Our anniversary date being still Some days feel like they’re so full of so many things—meltdowns, miscommunication, medical appointments, messes. As a special needs parent, I understand the noise never really quiets. But in the middle of all the chaos, there’s a still, small whisper calling us to pause. Psalm 46:10 gently reminds us: “Be still, and know that I am God.”...

Our anniversary date being still Some days feel like they’re so full of so many things—meltdowns, miscommunication, medical appointments, messes. As a special needs parent, I understand the noise n…