A Family Confession:
Sometimes I’m just over here winging it with these humans I love. I never want to make parenthood sound easy, because it’s not. It’s more like stumbling through a land of cactus in shorts and flip flops, trying not to let the splinters stop me from moving forward. Then I realize I get so many cactus splinters, I’m basically a cactus! Some of those splinters come from my own words or choices, and that’s hard because I absolutely desire to do better.

Then there are the blooms, those beautiful seasons where it feels like I’ve “arrived” as a mom or wife. But just like a cactus flower, that bloom fades, only to return again in its season. It’s my reminder that I will always be growing in this role, always learning, always stretching. Parenthood (and marriage, too) isn’t about arriving, it’s about continuing through the desert and letting each bloom remind me that growth is possible again and again.