• Motherhood & Healing

    Supporting Your Husband’s Dreams: When Love Means Holding Space for His Vision

    I’m anxious but excited at the same time - and honestly, that might be the perfect description of what it feels like to truly support your husband’s dreams. There’s something beautiful and terrifying about watching the person you love chase something bigger than what currently exists. About believing in a vision that hasn’t fully materialized yet. About choosing to say “yes” to his dreams even when you can’t see exactly how it’s all going to work out. But I love seeing the sparkle in his eyes as things are coming together. There’s a difference in a man when he’s walking toward his purpose versus just going through the motions of…

  • Homeschooling & Family

    Same Food, Different Times: Why Making Meals Ahead Isn’t Cheating

    I used to believe that being a good mom meant cooking every meal from scratch the moment we were ready to eat it. Fresh pancakes on Saturday morning. Chicken salad made right before lunch. Everything prepared in the moment, served warm from the stove. Then reality hit: four kids, homeschooling, a baby who doesn’t care about my cooking schedule, and the simple truth that some days I barely have energy to think about what we’re eating, let alone prepare it from scratch. That’s when I discovered something revolutionary: making food ahead of time is literally the same as making it the day we eat it. Same ingredients, same love, same…