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TRUTHS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY — PART TWO
Healing is not speed. Healing is honesty. This is the quiet, slow, lonely kind of recovery that chronic illness and midlife force you to learn. A reflection on rest, boundaries, and becoming someone you no longer abandon.
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TRUTHS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY — PART ONE
A midlife reckoning, identity grief, chronic illness, and the quiet truth of becoming someone I can live with now. A soft, honest look at survival, motherhood, and the parts of ourselves we outgrow.
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Royce and the Mystery Bolt of Doom
Royce handed me a random bolt today, and I had no idea what in our home it belonged to. Moments like this are the perfect mix of chaos and comedy in a neurodivergent household, and they remind me how curious and creative my kids truly are.
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🌿 Building Something Together
Midwest Mimi has grown into more than a blog. It’s a community built on real stories, real people, and the beauty of everyday life. Come connect across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube as we keep building something honest, hopeful, and human. 💚
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Lessons from Wonderland: What Alice Still Teaches Me About Life, Parenting, and Growing Up
During a fall evening photo shoot turned Wonderland adventure, I realized how much Alice still has to teach us. Through curiosity, slowing down, difference, imagination, and growth, I found reflections of motherhood, healing, and becoming — lessons tucked inside the golden light of an ordinary day.
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🌿 The Lives That Built Me – Grace in the Grit
I rebuilt from rock bottom, not because life got easier, but because I learned to make peace with the life I can live. That’s grace in the grit: surviving, rebuilding, and loving every version of me that made it here.
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When I Became Her Mother
In that first moment of motherhood, something in me shifted. Every scar I carried started to look like a map I didn’t want her to follow. As she grew, I saw pieces of myself in her, and glimpses of who she might become, all at once. Motherhood slowly, sometimes painfully, made me relearn softness. She…
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The Legacy of Reading: How Books Build Connection and Resilience for Kids and Adults
I grew up surrounded by books. Both of my parents were avid readers, and the legacy of their love of reading shaped who I am and how I see the world to this day. My mom, Elaine, was both our homeschool teacher and our church’s librarian. She chose a literature-based curriculum that placed stories at…
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The Real Heart of Midwest Mimi
This blog started as a place for accessible nature reviews and homeschooling resources. But it’s become something bigger: a story about resilience, family, and belonging, with nature, books, and art still at the heart. From Accessible Nature and Homeschooling to Something Bigger When I first started Midwest Mimi, my focus was clear. I wanted to…
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How a Four-Day School Week Makes Homeschooling with Chronic Illness Possible
Some days, parenting while living with chronic illness feels like climbing uphill with no end in sight. The body aches, the migraine fog, the nausea all show up uninvited, but parenting does not stop when my energy does. And because I homeschool my kids, teaching does not stop either. But over the last two years,…
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How to Homeschool on a Budget: Making the Most of What You Have
Homeschooling can feel intimidating when you start looking at the price tags on full boxed curriculums, endless supply lists, and glossy catalogs promising the “perfect” education. The truth is, you don’t need to spend a fortune to give your kids a meaningful education at home. In fact, some of the richest learning happens with free…
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