There are seasons when my planner feels like a game of Tetris. Work deadlines compete with family responsibilities. Volunteer commitments overlap with appointments. The laundry needs folded, the dishes need washed, emails need answered, and someone always needs a ride somewhere. By the time I crawl into bed at night, I often find myself wondering…
There are seasons when lack seems to be everywhere we look. Not necessarily financial lack, although that can certainly be part of it. Sometimes the things we feel we’re lacking are much harder to measure. Time. Energy. Patience. Answers. Margin. Direction. Confidence. Rest. Lately, I’ve found myself focusing on what feels unfinished. There’s another school…
Somewhere along the way, motherhood started feeling like a performance I could never quite keep up with. Even on my best days, it still felt like I was falling behind somewhere. So I kept pushing. Kept carrying. Kept telling myself that if I just managed my time better, became more disciplined, got more organized, or…
There’s a quiet kind of pressure that many of us carry…The feeling that everything depends on us. Managing the finances.Keeping the house running.Raising the kids well.Making the right decisions.Holding it all together. And somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, we begin to carry it like it’s all ours. Like it all depends on…
He is risen. Three words that changed everything. Not just for eternity.Not just for salvation in some distant, future sense. But for right here.For right now.For the way we live, lead, and carry what’s been placed in our hands. Because if the tomb is empty… then everything is different. The Weight We Were Never Meant…
Everything can feel stable… until the moment it isn’t. Life has a way of shaking things without warning—cracks forming in places you thought were solid, pressure exposing what you didn’t even realize was fragile. And in those moments, you don’t get to choose whether the storm comes… but you do find out what you’ve been…
Some seasons of life feel financially tight in ways we never expected. Income changes. Expenses rise. Unexpected bills show up at the worst possible moment. Suddenly the budget that once felt manageable now feels heavy. Budgeting feels very different when money is tight. Instead of planning for goals or savings, you find yourself stretching every…
I was thinking recently about the kind of advice I would give another mom who was trying to grow something. Maybe she’s starting a blog like I did.Maybe she’s building a small business.Maybe she’s working toward a dream that feels important but is growing slower than she hoped. I know exactly what I would tell…
Some of the biggest battles we fight as mothers aren’t visible to anyone else. They happen quietly in our thoughts. The enemy rarely starts by attacking our actions. He starts by attacking what we believe about ourselves. Legacy isn’t only shaped by the decisions we make. It’s shaped by the truths we believe—and the lies…
On the surface, budgeting looks simple. Write down your income.List your expenses.Make a plan for your money. But sometimes the hardest part of budgeting isn’t the math. It’s opening the numbers in the first place. Earlier this year, I found myself completely avoiding our finances. Not because I didn’t know how to manage them, but…