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  • Midlife Isn’t a Crisis. It’s a Reckoning With Who You Really Are

    Midlife isn’t about falling apart. It’s about telling the truth. About who you are, what you can carry, and what no longer belongs to you. For me, it was the moment I stopped performing and started living.

    January 10, 2026
  • 🌱 How Childhood Creativity Shaped the Woman I Am Today

    Growing up with a sewing room in the den and a woodshop in the barn shaped the way I see the world. My childhood was filled with handmade things, faith, curiosity, and endless creativity, long before I knew how much I would need it. Art was not something I added to my life. It was…

    December 10, 2025
  • How Almost Dying Taught Me Life’s Too Short to Be Unhappy

    After surviving respiratory failure, I woke up to more than a second chance at life—I woke up to clarity. I stopped waiting for perfect moments, learned to protect my peace, and began truly living again. This is the story of how almost dying taught me what it means to be alive.

    November 5, 2025
  • Lessons from Wonderland: What Alice Still Teaches Me About Life, Parenting, and Growing Up

    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.

    November 1, 2025
  • Measuring Progress in Brushstrokes: finding purpose through art when life has limitations

    When Life Slows You Down: learning to create within limits These days, I measure progress in brushstrokes, not timesheets. Living with a combination of physical disability, neurodivergence, and chronic illness means my life looks very different from what I once imagined. I wasn’t able to finish my master’s degree. I can’t work a regular job.…

    October 15, 2025
  • Story Stones: A Simple Nature Craft That Sparks Creativity in Kids

    Let me paint you a picture: it’s 10:32 a.m. on a rainy Tuesday, and I’ve already heard the words “I’m bored” four times. Before lunch. (Send help.) Enter: Story Stones. Smooth little rocks decorated with tiny pictures that turn into the ultimate boredom-busting, imagination-sparking, sibling-distraction tool. They’re cheap, easy to make, and surprisingly magical. In…

    September 17, 2025
  • Supporting Your Child’s Creativity Means Letting Them Dress Themselves

    When Raeleigh was little, I thought I was the one choosing her clothes. Picking out tops and bottoms that matched, adding bows, and making sure everything looked “put together.” But even then, she had opinions. She’d reach for patterns that clashed in my eyes but sparkled in hers. She wanted the necklace, the sunglasses, AND…

    September 5, 2025
  • 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…

    August 31, 2025
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